After the catastrophic defeat at Halidon Hill in 1333 — where the flower of Scottish chivalry was destroyed by English archers — the survivors fled in disorder. English cavalry pursued and cut down many. The remnants tried to reorganise in central Scotland. The scale of the defeat left Scotland without a viable field army for months. The young David II was evacuated to France for safety. Scotland seemed on the verge of complete English conquest.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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