Dublin Core
Title
Burrs Identified
Subject
battle, Battle of Bannockburn (1314), burrs, Calthorp plant, Cunderdin, Edward II, medieval warfare, medieval weaponry, noxious weed, plant, Robert the Bruce, warfare, weapon
Description
Responding to an enquiry about an unusual plant specimen found in Cunderdin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australian, the author of this article identifies the burrs and leaves as part of a Caltrop plant. The Caltrop plant was so named, it explains, because of its likeness to the spiky metal balls that were sown into the ground during medieval warfare to cripple the enemy. The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 is cited as an example where caltrops were successfully used as weapons by Robert the Bruce’s Scottish army to debilitate their opponents, the English army of Edward II.
Creator
M.
Source
National Library of Australia
Publisher
Western Mail
Date
12 April 1951, p.8
Rights
Western Mail
Format
Newspaper Article
Language
English
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Original Format
Newspaper Article
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39111383
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39111383