Dumfries Castle

Dumfries Castle is a disused royal castle in Dumfries in the Scottish administrative division of Dumfries and Galloway . It was on the banks of the River Nith in what is now Castledykes Park .

history

A moth was erected there in the 12th century. The city of Dumfries was declared a Royal Burgh by King William the Lion in 1186 . The castle was rebuilt in stone in 1214 and enlarged. King Alexander III visited the castle in 1264 to plan an expedition against the Isle of Man . Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale took the castle in 1286. During the First Scottish War of Independence, it was conquered by the English in 1298. King Edward I of England stayed there in 1300. Robert Bruce conquered Dumfries Castle in 1306 for a short time from the members appointed by the British constable , Richard Siward , back, but she fell back a little later to the English. It was not until February 1313 that Dungal Macdowell , the constable in English service, returned the castle to Robert Bruce after a long siege.

According to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland , it is believed that Dumfries Castle was destroyed by the Scots after it was surrendered in 1313 and not rebuilt.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Dumfries Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient -and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
^ Ranald Nicholson: Scotland. The Later Middle Ages (The Edinburgh History of Scotland, Vol. II. ) Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh 1974, ISBN 0-05-002038-2 , p. 84.

55.0561 -3.6022Coordinates: 55 ° 3 '22 " N , 3 ° 36' 7.9" W.

[Canmore-1] Dumfries Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient -and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved June 22, 2017.

[2] Ranald Nicholson: Scotland. The Later Middle Ages (The Edinburgh History of Scotland, Vol. II. ) Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh 1974, ISBN 0-05-002038-2 , p. 84.