Project Overview

Project Outcomes

Battlefield Trails

Our Battlefield Walk starts at the Old Bridge, and leads through Inveresk, along Crookston Road/footpath to the Battlefield Memorial Stone on Salter's Road.

Sites on our Battlefield mini-bus tours include the Old Bridge, Monktonhall, Newhailes Road, Market Street, Inveresk Brae, St Michael's Churchyard, Inveresk, Pinkie Cleugh (Edenhall), Acheson's (Morrison's) Haven,  Manager's Brae, Goshen Farm, Johnnie Cope's Road, Dolphingstone, Fa'side Castle, Crookston, Memorial Stone, Inveresk, Musselburgh Tolbooth.

Battlefield sites not mentioned already include the upper level of Lewisvale Park, and the fortifications at Queen Mary's Mount .

Would it be possible to create a complete circuit of the principal sites which could be rewardingly traversed by foot/bicycle?  

How many distinct routes should there be?  How many and what identified locations?

What form(s) should the trail(s) take?  Interpretative display boards?  Smart phone app?  Other possibilities?

Anniversary Exhibition

Pinkie Cleugh is remarkable for the wealth of contemporary eyewitness accounts and images.  We have proposed a locally-held exhibition based on recent study and discoveries of this material.  It is hoped that this will be held in early September, 2013, at the time of inauguration of the Battlefield Trail.

Community History and Archaeology

We hope to compile a complete study resource of information about the battle, which will be deposited in an appropriate local centre.  Creation of this resource will involve the collation and acquisition (of copies) of established sources, and library research to identify information dispersed in Scottish family histories and other historic records.

The battle landscape, though still largely undeveloped, is not unaltered from the 16th century. It would be a rewarding project to research the changes that have been made in the past 450 years, including those to settlements, tree cover, etc and remodel the landscape in a computer representation.  The virtual landscape could be used for virtual re-enactment of the battle -- with the possibility of generating insights and illustrative images of the battle.

Schools Resources

We hope to help local teachers develop resources in support of the engagement of primary and secondary school students with the battlefield and its narratives, including opportunities in drama, music and creative arts.

Diary Dates

November 17th 2012

PCBG exhibit at Edinburgh, Lothians and the Borders Archaeology Conference, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh.

November 22nd 2012

Official launch of Battlefield Trail Project.

December 10th 2012

Open meeting, Esk Room, Brunton Hall 7:30 pm

September 10th 2013

Inauguration of Pinkie Cleugh Battlefield Trail

Over to you.......

If you are reading this blog, we would like to hear from you.  You can see that the project is only in planning right now, and we warmly invite your interest, comments and suggestions -- and we hope you may want to take an active part, too; please let us know who you are, and what you think!