Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard set out to solve one of the biggest puzzles in battlefield archaeology 700 years ago Robert the Bruces overwhelming victory over the English at the Battle of ...

Bannockburn ... down on the king. Bruce, an experienced warrior, didn't panic, but mounted "ane palfray, litil and joly" and met the charge. Dodging the lance, he brought his battle axe down ...

The exact location of the Battle of Bannockburn still remains uncertain. The previously favoured site on the carse would have been boggy at the time and probably unsuitable for cavalry fighting.