Flodden Memorial, Selkirk
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Flodden Memorial, Selkirk
Image: © Barbara Carr Taken: 4 Jun 2013
The bronze Fletcher Memorial by renowned Borders sculptor Thomas J Clapperton was commissioned in 1913, the 400th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden. As I write we are on the eve of the statue's centenary, only a few weeks from the 500th anniversary of the dreadful bloodshed.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.549396
Longitude
-2.83874