| AUCHTERARDER | Town near Perth which was burnt down in 1716 by the Earl of Mar's Jacobites after the battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 (12) |
| NEWGATE | Which notorious London prison was burnt down during riots in 1780? (7) |
| TUILERIES | Former Parisian palace designed for Catherine of Medici and burnt down in 1871 |
| RAZED | Burnt down in fire, etc. (5) |
| REICHSTAG | German parliament building burnt down in 1933 (9) |
| OTTERBURN | Moonlit battle in 1388 in which the Scots led by the Earl of Douglas defeated the English led by brothers Harry Hotspur and Sir Ralph Percy (9) |
| NEAGH | Freshwater lough in Northern Ireland owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury that is the largest lake by area in the British Isles (5) |
| STLO | Town dubbed "The Capital of the Ruins", after the battle of Normandy in 1944 |
| LOUGHNEAGH | Largest freshwater lake by area in the British Isles, owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury (5,5) |
| CULLODEN | A moor near Inverness in Scotland, the site of a 1746 battle in which Government troops defeated the Jacobites (8) |
| CULLODENMOOR | The site near Inverness in Scotland of a 1746 battle in which government troops defeated the Jacobites (8,4) |
| GRAF | German pocket battleship blown up by her crew after the Battle of the River Plate in 1939 (4,4) |
| SPEE | German pocket battleship blown up by her crew after the Battle of the River Plate in 1939 (4,4) |
| PINEAPPLE | The -; folly in Scotland built in 1761 by the Earl of Dunmore (9) |
| TARTANS | The wearing of these patterns was banned after the Battle of Culloden |
| IRONCROSS | A special class of this medal was created and bestowed on Field Marshal Blucher after the battle of Waterloo (4,5) |
| SCONEPALACE | Home, near Perth in Scotland, of the Earls of Mansfield since the early 1600s (5,6) |
| WADE | Commander of the troops sent into Scotland against the Jacobites who oversaw the construction of some 250 miles of roads and 40 bridges across the Highlands (4) |
| NEY | Michel -, marshal of France who was shot for treason after the Battle of Waterloo (3) |
| DOGGETT | Thomas, Irish actor who founding a sculling prize in 1716 which is still competed for on the River Thames on August 1 (7) |
