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The earlier Loch Maben Castle was built
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by the Bruce family around 1165. Timber
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walls were later replaced by stone ones.
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Edward I captured it in 1298 and set
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about building a bigger stronger one.
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Robert the Bruce failed to capture it
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in 1299, but did so in 1309. It was
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retaken by the English who surrendered
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it back in 1314 after Bannockburn. It
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was back in English hands from 1333-1385
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when Archibald the Grim retook it.
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James II seized it from the rebellious
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Black Douglases in 1455, and James VI
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did the same to its Maxwell owners in
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1588.Most of the stone walls etc were
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dismantled or stripped of facing stones
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that covered their hard-core interiors.
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Without the info board, it's hard to
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grasp how the "moat" was of any use.
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Album Description:
Loch Maben Castle is about six miles north-east of Dumfries, in Dumfries & Galloway.
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Uploaded by: ElizabethMcD
In Webshots channel: travel - Album created: Apr 28, 2009
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2 comments
Those English and Scots were always at war or at odds about something, Loch Maben Castle seems to have had more than its share...Hug, shirley
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sjhpumpkin 6 months 4 days ago
Very beautiful album of Loch Maben Castle.Thanks for sharing,here.Greetings from Turkey,Rasim
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rasim1 6 months 10 days ago
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