The Bore Stone
Introduction
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The Bore Stone
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 28 Aug 2007
The plaque records that it is the stone “in which the Royal Standard was last pitched for the muster of the Scottish army on the Borough muir before the battle of Flodden 1513. It long lay in the adjoining field, was then built into the wall near this spot, and finally placed here by Sir John Stuart Forbes of Pitsligo Bart”. It has, however, been suggested that the stone was actually a simple boundary marker of a nearby estate. The church in the background is the former Morningside Parish Church, now part of Napier University.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.931333
Longitude
-3.209992