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Halidon Hill
Halidon
Hill
is a
summit
, about
west
of the
centre
of
Berwick-upon-Tweed
,
on the border
of
England
and
Scotland
. It
reaches
600
feet
high. The name of the
hill
indicates that it once had a
fortification
on its
top
. At the
Battle of Halidon Hill
in
1333
,
Edward III of England
used
longbowmen
on the
heights
of the hill to
defeat
the
Scottish army
led by
Archibald the "Tyneman" Douglas
,
Regent of Scotland
.
