Prillarguri and Sinclair

The last story & pics from my drive Sunday 8th is the memorial for the Battle of Kringen, between Norwegian farmers and Scottish mercenaries on August 26. 1612. The soulless gingers Scottish troops were on their way to Sweden to fight in the Kalmar war against the twin kingdom of Norway & Denmark. Although the officer George Sinclair has become famous, the leader of the ginger cunts Scots was actually lieutenant colonel Alexander Ramsay.

They were ambushed by local farmers just south of Otta and the vast majority of them killed; most of them on the day after the battle. Not an occasion to be proud of, if you ask me. According to legend the sign to commence the attack was given by a local girl called Prillar-Guri, who blew her horn when the Scottish were in the right position. Guri is an old Norse name and "prillar" is a type of cow-horn you could play on. Hence the carving over the wording on the monument.

Also, according to legend, several of the Scots stayed on locally in the area around Otta. Some local names hint at Scottish origins and it is said that there are more redheads in Gudbrandsdalen than any other place in Norway, but then again people say the strangest things.

The text reads "In memory of the battle at Kringom 26 August 1612.


It's a bit up in the hillside.