Pinkie Cleugh Battlefield Trail Map & Guide

You can pick up a leaflet with a map and brief guide to the Pinkie Cleugh Battlefield Trail from Fisherrow Library, or from Musselburgh Museum.  The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh Exhibition will be open in Musselburgh Museum, Thursdays to Saturdays, 10:30 to 4 pm, until 29 November.
Or you can  click here to see or print the leaflet on line.

Battlefield Video released

Click here to see the Pinkie Cleugh video, in which Roger Knox relates the story of the battle of 1547, from viewpoints in today's landscape.
The battle exhibition is now open in Musselburgh Museum, Thursday - Saturday, 10:30 am - 4 pm, until 29 November.

Pinkie Cleugh Battlefield Trail Opened Today

The newly-created Pinkie Cleugh Battlefield Trail received its first visitors today, when Roger Knox, the Chairman of the Pinkie Cleugh Battlefield Group guided a Walking Tour of the battlefield, under the auspices of East Lothian Archaeology & Local History fortnight.

Their walk started at the first location on the Trail, beside the River Esk in Musselburgh, close to the Roman Bridge, and then continued to Inveresk churchyard (first picture, above), the objective that the English hoped to gain on the day of the battle, 10 September 1547.

The third interpretation board on the Trail is located on the Crookston Road footpath, giving an overview of the still open fields where the main encounter of the battle took place.

The battlefield walk concluded at the final location on the Trail, beside the Battlefield Memorial Stone, off Salter's Road.  In this picture, members of the Old Musselburgh Club are viewing the fourth board on the Trail.

Alister Hadden, the President of the Old Musselburgh Club, together with Alastair Hare, leading the annual comemmoration ceremony for this historic battle.