stone structure, had been filled with earth to form a gun platform called a cavalier. English pioneers digging the town ditch found curious ancient coins on 7 June which Grey of Wilton sent to Somerset for their strangeness.

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French and Scots troops began to seriously besiege the town in July 1548. It was defended by Sir James Wilford. The Master of the Scottish Artillery, Lord Methven, organised guns to be brought from the siege of Broughty Castle in June. These guns were shipped to Aberlady the nearest haven on the Forth. The great Scottish gun 'thrawinmouth' from Dunbar Castle was also deployed and the cannons from Broughty were placed on 3 July 1548. On 5 July Methven gave Mary of Guise an optimistic report of the damage caused toHistory of the King's Works, vol. 4 (1982), ed. H. M. Colvin, part iv, 'The Scottish Border', 607–726.
 Merriman, Marcus H., The Rough Wooings, Tuckwell (2000)
 Phillips, Gervase, The Anglo-Scots Wars, Woodbridge (1999)
 Phillips, Gervase, 'In the Shadow of Flodden', Scottish military tactics, 1513–1550, Scottish Historical Review, 77 (1998), 162–182.

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