Old Photograph Bannockburn Memorial Ceres Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Bannockburn Memorial in Ceres, Fife, Scotland. The Men of Ceres who fought at Bannockburn on June 23/24 June 1314 , fought under the Earl Marshall of Scotland from Struthers Castle. Before the battle the Men of Ceres were trained in the use of the bow upon the village green known as Bow Butts and Robert the Bruce authorised the people of the village to hold the Games on the village green. The Ceres Highland Games, the oldest in Scotland , were to celebrate the return of the Men of Ceres from the battle. During 1914, the Bannockburn Memorial in Ceres was erected to mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.

The inscription reads:
TO COMMEMORATE
THE VINDICATION OF
SCOTLAND'S INDEPENDENCE
ON THE FIELD OF BANNOCKBURN
26TH JUNE 1314 - AND TO
PERPETUATE THE TRADITION
OF THE PART TAKEN THEREIN
BY THE MEN OF CERES



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