Monument commemorating the Battle of Kilsyth (1645) at Colzium House Estate
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Monument commemorating the Battle of Kilsyth (1645) at Colzium House Estate
Image: © Becky Williamson Taken: 13 Feb 2010
The Battle of Kilsyth between the Royalists and the Covenanters took place on 15th August 1645 at nearby Banton Loch http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2048966. Speirs Island is the only dry part of the battle-field now remaining. It was a victory for Montrose and the Royalists. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2177772 for detail of the monument and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/920648 for another monument commemorating the Battle.
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