In the tracks of northern antiquaries, summer 2007 September 9 1513: in the low rolling hills of north Northumberland an invading Scottish army was defeated in the bloodiest ever encounter between England and Scotland. James IV, King of the Scots, nine of his Earls, fourteen Lords of Parliament, five Highland Chiefs and 10,000 men at…
borderlands
Rob Roy
In the tracks of northern antiquaries, summer 2007 Abbotsford, Scottish borders, home of Walter Scott: armor from the field of Waterloo (1815); the skull of Robert the Bruce (cast, 1734).
Bamburgh, Northumberland UK
Lindisfarne UK
Lindisfarne. Heart of Celtic Christianity, 9th century AD.
Dunstanburgh UK
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Bamburgh UK
Site of the court of the Kingdom of Northumbria – at its height in the seventh and eighth centuries.