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Description: The Bastie Monument, near Preston, Scottish Borders. In honour of Antione d'Arcy, a French Knight who was murdered near Langton in 1517. The inscription on the monument reads:- IN MEMORY OF ANTOINE DARGIE SEIGNEUR DE LA BASTIE A FRENCH KNIGHT WHO HAD BEEN APPOINTED WARDEN OF THE MARCHES INSTEAD OF LORD HOME TREACHEROUSLY BEHEADED IN EDINBURGH. DE LA BASTIE AND HIS TROOPS MET HOME OF WEDDERBURN AND HIS CLAN NEAR LANGTON AND HOME ACCUSED HIM OF BEING ACCESSARY TO THE SLAUGHTER OF HIS CHIEF. A FIGHT ENSUED, THE FRENCH WERE DEFEATED AND DE LA BASTIE SLAIN AND BURIED AT THIS SPOT AND A CAIRN RAISED OVER THE GRAVE BY ORDER OF PATRICK HOME OF BROOMHOUSE A.D. 1517. R.I.P. A small plaque below reads:- RE-ERECTED 1975 BY BERWICKSHIRE CIVIC SOCIETY
Title: Bastie Monument
Credit: From geograph.org.uk
Author: Walter Baxter
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