Interactive Battle Map

Use the interactive battle map to survey the battle field and relive the key decisions and strategies used in 1745.

Writing & Song & Poetry

Writings and poetry Icon Within this section you can read articles, lyrics and poetry inspired by the Battle of Prestonpans.

To read an item, please select the link relating to the item from the table below:

WRITING & Song & Poetry
Title	Size	View
Edinburgh at the Time of the Occupation of Prince Charles - The substance of a lecture delivered to the old Edinburgh Club, March 1909	12MB	View
Memoirs of the Horsbrugh Family - East Lothian Life Winter 2005; re-enacted September 20th 2008	91KB	View
Victory at Prestonpans - Written by Dr Christopher Duffy for the Trust at the suggestion of the 1745 Association	7.4MB	View
The Battle of Pots and Pans - Written for the Trust and by Andrew Dallmeye and premiered May 2007	647KB	View
The White Cockade (Key B) Lyrics Performed at the Battle of Pots and Pans, 8th June 2007		View
Johnnie Cope (Key G) Lyrics Performed at the Battle of Pots and Pans, 8th June 2007		View
Prestoun's Walls (Key G Open (Fast)) Lyrics Performed at the Battle of Pots and Pans, 8th June 2007		View
The Lady Frances Gardiner’s Lament Lyrics Performed at the Battle of Pots and Pans, 8th June 2007		View
And Now The Crown (Key C (Dunbartons Drums)) Lyrics Performed at the Battle of Pots and Pans, 8th June 2007		View
Skye Boat Song (Key F C5) Lyrics Performed at the Battle of Pots and Pans, 8th June 2007		View
HRH Prince Charles Edward's Declaration at Holyroodhouse Palace October 10th 1745	853KB	View
Sir John Cope and Rebellion of 1745 General Sir Robert Caddell living at Cockenzie House contributed this analysis in 1898 and was reprinted by The Trust in 2008	8.52MB	View
A Backward Glance A novel from Cuthill Press by Sharon Dabell, that tells of the hardships of a Highland family across then yaers of Jacobite upheavals - July 2008	1MB	View
The White Rose and the Thorntree A novel from Cuthill Press by Roy Pugh that follows a redcoat and a Highlander as they approach Prestonpans in 1745 - September 2008	1.1MB	View
Rebellious Scots to Crush Anthology of literature, art and song arising from the Victory at Prestonpans edited by Arran Johnston - September 2008	3.2MB	View
Battle of Pinkie Cleugh East Lothian Life, August 2008 by David Pilling	342KB	View
Colonel Gardiner - Vice & Virtue A play for the Trust by Andrew Dallmeyer exploring both sides to the life of the Hanoverian martyr at the Battle in 1745 [premiered July 2009]
A Baron's Tale A novel from Cuthill Press by Gordon Prestoungrange, Baron of Prestoungrange, that explores the life of William Grant in 1745/ 1764 and all that has since transpired at Prestoungrange - September 2009	5MB	View
The Battle of Prestonpans 1745 An account especially written by Stuart McHardy for youngsters met during the School Visits Programme 2009/ 2010 sponsored by the Scottish Arts Council & Awards for All - November 2009		View
Valour does not wait A novel from Cuthill Press by Gordon Prestoungrange, Baron of Prestoungrange, that explores the life of William Grant in 1745/ 1764 and all that has since transpired at Prestoungrange - September 2009	0.7MB	View