The battlefield: 500 years on

Here’s how the battlefield looks today, courtesy of Alan Corrie from Images Above Ltd

You are heading in the direction Arran’s force chased down and massacred at least 2,500 of Lennox’s men.

A brutal day in the town’s history but it is hard to imagine such is the bucolic sight which greets visitors today, from walkers, dog walkers and wild swimmers to fishermen and cyclists.

Learn more about a campaign to save the site from housing development here.