Dundee Castle

Dundee Castle is an Outbound castle in the Scottish city of Dundee . Today it is replaced by St Paul's Cathedral .

In the 13th century, Dundee was named Royal Burgh by King William the Lion . William Wallace besieged the castle in 1297, before the Battle of Stirling Bridge . Already in 1296 and again in 1303 Dundee Castle was taken by the English . King Edward I of England visited the castle both times and had repairs carried out there. The Scottish King Robert the Bruce recaptured the castle in 1313 and had it destroyed.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dundee Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved June 27, 2017.

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• Hugh Chisholm (Editor): Dundee in Enzyclopedia Britannica . 11th edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1911. Retrieved June 27, 2017.

Coordinates: 56 ° 27 '39.6 "  N , 2 ° 58' 4.8"  W.