Editing Battle of Bannockburn (section)

===Location of the battlefield===

The exact site of both days of the battle has been debated for many years,<ref name=Battlefield>{{Canmore |num=47243 |desc=Battle of Bannockburn|access-date=2009-04-02}}</ref> but most modern historians agree that the traditional site for the first day,<ref>{{cite web|title=OS 25-inch map 1892–1949, with Bing opacity slider|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=56.0959&lon=-3.9477&layers=168&b=1|website=National Library of Scotland|publisher=Ordnance Survey|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-date=30 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130162106/http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=56.0959&lon=-3.9477&layers=168&b=1|url-status=live}}</ref> where a visitor centre and statue have been erected, is not correct.<ref name="mackenzie">{{Cite book |last=Mackenzie |first=W. M. |title=The Battle of Bannockburn: a Study in Mediaeval Warfare |publisher=James MacLehose |year=1913 |location=[[Glasgow]] |language=en |author-link=William Mackay Mackenzie}}</ref>

A large number of alternative locations for the second day have been considered, but modern researchers believe only two merit serious consideration:<ref name="barrow">Barrow, Geoffrey W.S. (1998). ''Robert Bruce & The Community of The Realm of Scotland''. [[Edinburgh University Press]] {{ISBN|0852246048}}</ref>
* An area of  ground to the south of Balquhiderock Wood, known as the Dryfield, about {{convert|0.75|mi|1}} east of the traditional site.<ref name="barron">Barron, E.M., ''The Scottish War of Independence: a Critical Study'', 1934</ref>
* The Carse of Balquhiderock (to the north of the wood), known as the Wetfield, about {{convert|1.5|mi}} north-east of the traditional site. This location is accepted by the [[National Trust for Scotland|National Trust]] as the most likely site.<ref name="christison">[[Philip Christison|Christison, Philip]], ''Bannockburn: The Story of the Battle'', 1960, Edinburgh: [[National Trust for Scotland]]</ref>
It is likely that wherever the fighting began it ended on the Carse.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}