However, the English archers on the left wing were able to decimate the half-naked highlanders and advance on the central Scottish position. In the slaughter that followed, as well as innumerable foot soldiers, the King and some thirty of his nobles were slain. Fighting continued sporadically into the next day, but the Scots eventually fled the field. Today, the battlesite is marked by a huge stone cross erected at the turn of the last century. There is a small car park from which you can climb the hill right up to it and get a fine view of the surrounding countryside.
Explanatory boards point to the positions of the opposing forces.