Old Travel Blog Photograph Hillhead Road Bonnyrigg Scotland

Old photograph of houses and men on Hillhead Road in Bonnyrigg located eight miles South East of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1547 when the nations of Scotland and England were at war with one another, a fierce battle took place at Pinkie which is East of Dalkeith and the retreating Scots army with the English army in pursuit, headed westwards to the River North Esk where some 14,000 Scots perished. Many bodies strewed the countryside giving rise to the place being called “ boney ridge ” where many bones were found, hence the name Bonnyrigg.



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