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@SteveTourism Otterburn and Chevy chase are the same. The second name is the speed with which the English withdrew. Ironically The Douglas was killed by his own armour bearer. But his death hidden so Scots rallied to the Dead Douglas banner winning the day with Hotspur as a prize.

Cistercian Abbey of Newbattle, Dalkieth (Scotland) watercolour reconstruction suggestion. Abbey still has the chest from the Armada vessel the El Gran Grifon that was wrecked on the Fair Isle. Crew made their way to Fife and Captain's chest left at Newbattle in 1588.

Spanish Armada in Scottish waters 1588. Tantallon Castle. El Gran Grifon jammed on Fair Isle. Crew shipped to Anstruther in Fife. Grifon Captain's chest is still held at Newbattle Abbey in Dalkeith. He may have stayed there for a time. #SpanishArmada1588 #WatercolourPainting

In 1355 Sir William Ramsay of Dalhousie Castle burnt the lands around Norham to draw out the English troops & led them into a trap at Nesbit Moor. John Halyburton of Dirleton was killed in the Scots charge but the English defeated. #ScottishBattles #NorhamCastle #DirletonCastle

Dalhousie Castle (1980's) & watercolour reconstruction suggestions. Ramsay family were involved in several conflicts. Saving Dunbar Castle 1338, Leading Norham garrison into an ambush at Nesbit 1355, seizing South Berwick castle 1378 & siege of Dalhousie itself by King Henry IV.

Melrose Abbey tour in 2014. Alan Sorrell's great drawing of Cistercian house of Melrose and reconstruction suggestion of Sister site of Newbattle Abbey. @NewbattleTweets with plan in reverse. (Newbattle still has the empty treasure chest from the Armada vessel the El Gran Grifon)

As a boy I was amazed at the work of Alan Sorrell his reconstruction of Dirleton was the first image of its kind I ever saw. So I copied his technique of boxing views a section at a time in planning reconstructions. I used postcard images then scaled up to A3 for Tantallon castle