The Battle of Pinkie Cleuch - 10th September 1547

Welcome to this blog, which I have set up mainly as a way of discussing what we can do the 'raise the profile' of the Battle of Pinkie Cleuch -- which took place in the fields between Wallyford, Inveresk, Musselburgh and Whitecraig on 10th September, 1547 -- 'Black Saturday'.

Please use the index to the blog 'archive' to see earlier blogs; I am greatly looking forward to receiving your comments.

The Battle of Pinkie -- 10th September, 1547

The Battle of Pinkie -- 10th September, 1547
This woodcut, from the diary of the Pinkie campaign written by William Patten and published in London in 1548, is now recognised as the first map ever printed in the Great Britain.

Monday, 5 April 2010

What Happens Next? -- Part 1:

Hi --

If you've found your way to this website, it's probably because you came to the 'Pinkie Then & Now' presentation in the Brunton Hall on the 25th March.

I hope you enjoyed the storytelling by Nicola Wright and Angie Townsend, and that you found the many-sided talk by Dr Iain Banks interesting and informative; above all, I hope we persuaded you (if you needed persuading) that the communities of Musselburgh, Wallyford, Whitecraig and Inveresk live next to one of the most interesting and important battlefield sites in Scotland.

Properly presented, there is a fascinating tale to be told for visitors and local residents alike. And, as Julian Humphreys (Development Officer for the Battlefields Trust) explained, there is a good chance that modern archaeological survey techniques could reveal much new information about the location of the core of the battle.

As you know, we ran out of time before there could be contributions from the audience about how to take this project on further -- so the main purpose of this blog site is to give you the opportunity to contribute to the discussion.

Please add your comments to this and subsequent blogs -- if you have problems posting comments here, just email them to me (at AndrewCoulson@btinternet.com), and I will add them.....

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