Old Photograph Banton Scotland

Old photograph of cottage and houses in Banton near Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Originally a cluster of houses and a farm to the north, now referred to as High Banton was what existed of the village and then coal mining brought about the village we see today. The Covenanter army under General William Baillie formed near Banton for their engagement with the Royalist forces under the command of Montrose at the Battle of Kilsyth on August 15, 1645; a major battle of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.



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