The Bore Stone

Here is the second in my occational series of bits of histoy from the south side of Edinburgh.


This is the plaque and what it says is :

The Bore Stone

In which the Royal Standard was last pitched for the muster of the Scottish army on the Borough-muir before the battle of Flodden
1513.
It long lay in the adjoining field , was then built into the wall near this spot, and finally placed here by Sir John Stuart Forbes of Pitsligo Bart.
1852
Highest and midmost was desired
The Royal banner floating wide
The staff, a pine tree strong and straight
Pitched deeply in a massine stone
Which still in memory is shown
Yet bent beneath the standards? weight


A coffee this morning gave me a couple of alternative blips down at the Royal Yacht Brittania which is berthed at Ocean Teminal

Just a shame the weathe wasn't brighter.