The New Student's Reference Work/Bannockburn

Ban′nockburn, a Scottish village on the stream of that name. It is noted for the great battle fought there in 1314 between the English under Edward II, with 100,000 men, and the Scotch under Robert Bruce, with 30,000, in which the English were completely defeated, losing nearly 30,000 men. The stone on which Bruce is said to have fastened his standard is still to be seen, and near it a flagstaff, 120 feet high, was erected as a memorial.