Captain dEwell | 30 Dec 2020 6:28 a.m. PST |
Of possible interest, one of my favourite ECW blogs looks as though it has undergone a revamp. Messrs Rank Bajin and elcid1099 have broadened their original wargaming of the Battle and now provide a campaign approach on their ‘Wargaming the War of the Three Kingdoms in Scotland' . Well worth a visit. auldearn1645.blogspot.com
Enjoy. |
KeepYourPowderDry | 30 Dec 2020 8:02 a.m. PST |
A great blog. One of the best on matters Scottish for the Civil Wars |
Charge The Guns | 30 Dec 2020 10:14 a.m. PST |
Agreed – a fabulous blog for the Scottish Civil War. Superb painting of two inspirational armies. The blog that made me want to blog too! |
takeda333 | 31 Dec 2020 4:23 a.m. PST |
Those are always lovely figures. A great resource for tartans and other meaningful info. |
robert piepenbrink | 31 Dec 2020 3:23 p.m. PST |
Beautiful. Visited Auldearn once as a tourist. Caught a cab out of Inverness and the cabbie kept explaining that I was missing the battlefield--by which he meant Culloden, of course. If there hadn't been a monument, he'd probably still be laughing at the stupid yank. |
Captain dEwell | 01 Jan 2021 3:39 a.m. PST |
Nice story robert p. The auld joke is, you can always tell an Inverness cabbie …but not very much! As aye, |
Steamingdave2 | 01 Jan 2021 5:46 a.m. PST |
Must take a look, I live almost on the battlefield, indeed, if the conventional accounts are correct (which I have doubts about) , Montrose probably charged across what is now my garden. Found what I think is a stone cannon ball, falconet size, when clearing the ground for planting. Our local pub recently passed into new ownership and has been renamed "1645 Inn" – serves a good pint, when allowed to open. |
Captain dEwell | 01 Jan 2021 9:03 a.m. PST |
Fascinating. Would love to see a photo of your falconet size stone cannon ball. I wonder if it's location adds anything new to the understanding of the battle? |
Steamingdave2 | 01 Jan 2021 10:10 a.m. PST |
My house is about 200 metres from the area marked as Montrose's Hollow. The house is a new build and builders stripped off top soil across the site, so no guarantee that where I found it was it's original location. Will see if I can post a pic, but it's not hosted on a website, so may be tricky. One of my club mates is a metal detectorist. He is acquainted with current owner of Kinnudie who has made a lot of finds on his land. |
Captain dEwell | 02 Jan 2021 3:37 a.m. PST |
Again, fascinating. Any idea what type of things the owner of Kinnudie has found? Thanks Steamingdave2. |
Steamingdave2 | 02 Jan 2021 7:32 a.m. PST |
Captain dEwell Links to pictures of the possible stone cannon ball. Not sure if it will work on here (link to my One Drive, may have to shift the picture to a Public folder) link link Finds at Kinnudie have, I understand, included musket and pistol balls, bits of horse tack, coins etc. I haven't seen any of them and my friend said some may be from 18th and 19th century activities, but there are definitely some which may be related to 1645. I believe other investigations have found some arrowheads, which ties in with one near contemporary account ( that of ClanRanald), of a Jacobite commander (Ranald) being hit by in the face by an arrow, as he tried to rally men getting back into the walled garden and of "great slaughter" amongst the Gordons caused by bowmen. Not sure which garden was being referred too; the one at Boath House dates from mid 1500s, so may be that, although most accounts place the fighting further south and closer to the Doocot and village. There is an old wall in the village, running along the High Street, not far from the pub (which is on the site of the old mill) and that might be the remnants of an old enclosure. |
Captain dEwell | 02 Jan 2021 2:01 p.m. PST |
Thanks for sharing. Strange looking missiles. It's all very interesting. I'm going to look more into it. |
Steamingdave2 | 05 Jan 2021 2:21 a.m. PST |
@ Captain dEwell. Yes they are, but they are very similar to late medieval stone cannon balls, found in Northumberland and elsewhere and shown on one of the online archaeology sites. link |