Black Earnside - Newburgh, Fife
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Roadside plaque commemorating the Battle of Black Earnside to the east of Newburgh in Fife, a lesser known battle of the Wars of Independence involving Sir William Wallace.
Waymark Code: WM18PAB
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/04/2023
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This plaque can be found in a lay-by on the south side of a minor road that runs above the south side of the Firth of Tay a couple of miles east of the Fife town of Newburgh.
The plaque commemorates the Battle of Black Earnside, a lesser known conflict involving Sir William Wallace and the Earl of Pembroke that took place here on June 12th 1298. The plaque reads as follows:
'BLACK EARNSIDE
12TH JUNE 1298
ON THIS SITE A MAJOR TACTICAL BATTLE WAS FOUGHT AND WON FOR SCOTLAND BY THEIR GUARDIAN SIR WILLIAM WALLACE AGAINST THE EARL OF PEMBROKE, WHO WAS ACTING ON THE ORDERS OF HIS ENGLISH MASTER, EDWARD PLANTAGENET
THIS PLAQUE HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF NEWBURGH IN RECOGNITION OF THE PART PLAYED BY THEIR FOREBEARS IN ASSISTING SIR WILLIAM WALLACE IN THE DEFENCE OF OUR COUNTRY
YOU WERE THE FLOWER OF SCOTLAND AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN THANK YOU'