File:Bastie Monument.jpg
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English: The Bastie Monument, near Preston, Scottish Borders. In honour of Antione d'Arcy, a French Knight who was murdered near Langton in 1517. The inscription on the monument reads:-
IN MEMORY OF ANTOINE DARGIE SEIGNEUR DE LA BASTIE A FRENCH KNIGHT WHO HAD BEEN APPOINTED WARDEN OF THE MARCHES INSTEAD OF LORD HOME TREACHEROUSLY BEHEADED IN EDINBURGH. DE LA BASTIE AND HIS TROOPS MET HOME OF WEDDERBURN AND HIS CLAN NEAR LANGTON AND HOME ACCUSED HIM OF BEING ACCESSARY TO THE SLAUGHTER OF HIS CHIEF. A FIGHT ENSUED, THE FRENCH WERE DEFEATED AND DE LA BASTIE SLAIN AND BURIED AT THIS SPOT AND A CAIRN RAISED OVER THE GRAVE BY ORDER OF PATRICK HOME OF BROOMHOUSE A.D. 1517. R.I.P. A small plaque below reads:- RE-ERECTED 1975 BY BERWICKSHIRE CIVIC SOCIETY |
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| Source | From geograph.org.uk |
| Author | Walter Baxter |
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This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Walter Baxter and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
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