BAN`NOCKBURN

BAN`NOCKBURN
   (2), a manufacturing village 3 m. SE. of Stirling, the scene of the victory, on June 24, 1314, of Robert the Bruce over Edward II., which reasserted and secured Scottish independence; it manufactures carpets and tartans.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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