Old Photographs Wishart Arch Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of people by the Wishart Arch in Dundee, Scotland. Dundee became a walled city in 1545 during a period of English hostilities known as the rough wooing, Henry VIII's attempt to extend his Protestant ambitions north by marrying his youngest son Edward, Duke of Cornwall to Mary Queen of Scots. The Wishart Arch is thought to be the only remaining part of the wall. Mary maintained the alliance with the French, who captured Protestant opponents, including John Knox, at St Andrews Castle, in nearby east Fife, in July 1547. That year, following victory at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the English occupied Edinburgh and went on to destroy much of Dundee by naval bombardment. The Howff Burial Ground, granted to the people of Dundee in 1546, was a gift from Mary.

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