by Steven McCombe
What do you know about Baillieston?
Battlefield is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is to the south of the Clyde and takes its name from the Battle of Langside of 1568. A monument now stands adjacent to Queen's Park (Pairc na Banrighin in Gaelic) which is approximately two miles from the city centre, and can refer both to the park itself, the adjacent residential district, or the football team Queen's Park F.C
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THE Battlefield Monument was erected by public subscription in 1887 to commemorate the Battle of Langside on May 12, 1568, when the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots were defeated by those of Regent (continued)
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