The Battle of Prestonpans

Archaeologists have discovered that the Battle of Prestonpans took place further to the east than the battle lines drawn on maps of the time indicate.

The British Army’s artillery train consisted of six one and a half pounders (two requisitioned from Inverness Castle), four coehorn mortars and two ‘Royals’ (heavy mortars).

Dressed as tradesmen to avoid capture, a bombardier and four gunners were sent from Edinburgh Castle to man the guns. They failed to reach the battlefield, leaving the guns to be manned by Master Gunner Griffith, four Army invalid soldiers (including a gunner who had served in the Old Scots Army) plus a detachment of sailors from the Royal Navy’s warships anchored at Dunbar.

Association member Norman MacDonald’s book ‘The Clan Ranald of Garmoran' covers the part played by the MacDonalds of Clanranald during the battle.

The hardback costing £27.00 plus postage and packing is the first comprehensive history of the Clan and is available from the author:

Norman H. MacDonald
Ceapach,
8 Ethel Terrace,
Edinburgh
EH10 5NB,
Scotland U.K. postage and packing £7.00 U.K. £9.00 Europe £17.00 North America and Australasia