Standard Hill
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Standard Hill by Mick Garratt as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 19 Nov 2005
On 22nd August 1138 this was the site of the first major battle between the English and the Scots since the Norman Conquest which became known as the Battle of the Standard.