Preston Tower & Cross
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Preston Tower is mostly 15th century
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the top storey being added in the 17th.
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Built by the Hamiltons as part of a chain
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of ten strongholds in southern Scotland.
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Preston is derived from "Priest's Town".
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It has been torched twice, once in 1544
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by the English trying to force a marriage
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between their Prince Edward and the
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infant Mary Queen of Scots. In 1650
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Cromwell burned it and many others.
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Preston Tower and Preston Mercat Cross are in Prestonpans just east of Edinburgh. Prestonpans was the site of the famous battle in 1745 when Bonnie Prince Charlie's army defeated a government army.
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Uploaded by: ElizabethMcD
In Webshots channel: travel - Album created: Jan 26, 2009
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