About Historic Battlefields Historic battles hold a significant
place in our national consciousness and they play an important
part in our sense of identity. These fascinating events live on
today, recounted and commemorated through memorials, music,
poetry and literature. Battlefields, the landscapes on and
within which these events took place, are often less well known.
Yet they have great importance for what they can tell us about
the course of the battle and its terrain, for the physical
remains and artefacts they can contain, and as the location
where soldiers fought and died and may have been buried.
Historic battlefields make a distinctive contribution to our
sense of place and history, both locally and nationally. They
are a superb resource for education, helping us understand why
significant events in our history unfolded as they did and
providing a tangible link to some of the key figures of Scottish
history. The ground on which the battles were fought have
enormous potential for attracting tourists