Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bloody fold

Bloody fold, a place in St Ninians parish, Stirlingshire, about 1 mile from the main scene of Bannockburn. Tradition says that a body of the defeated and broken English rallied here, and sustained dreadful slaughter.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: St Ninians Parish       Stirlingshire County

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