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Old Photograph Battle of Carberry Hill Battlefield Scotland
Old photograph of Battle of Carberry Hill battlefield near Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The Battle of Carberry Hill took place on the 15th of June 1567. A number of Scottish lords objected to the rule Mary Queen of Scots after she had married the Earl of Bothwell, who was widely believed to have murdered her previous husband Lord Darnley. The Lords were intent to avenge Darnley's death. However, Bothwell escaped from the stand-off at Carberry while Queen Mary surrendered. Mary abdicated, escaped from prison, and was defeated at the battle of Langside. She went to exile in England while her supporters continued a civil war in Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. A commemorative Stone at Carberry marks the site of the conflict.
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