Wigtown Castle
| Wigtown Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Motte) | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Scottish royalty | |
| Place: | Wigtown | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 52 '16.4 " N , 4 ° 26' 26.4" W | |
| Height: | 34 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Wigtown Castle is an abandoned royal low castle of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) on the banks of the River Bladnoch , north of Wigtown in the Scottish administrative unit Dumfries and Galloway .
In the 12th century a castle was built on this site, which Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale took in 1286. Sir Walter de Corrie , the governor of the castle, handed it over to King Edward I of England in 1291 . Richard Siward became the new governor of Wigtown Castle in 1292, was replaced by Henry de Percy in 1296 and John de Hodlest in 1297 .
In the same year Sir William Wallace took the castle and made Adam Gordon its governor. King Robert the Bruce recaptured Wigtown Castle after 1313 and appears to have destroyed it.
Today the area is often plowed over and nothing of the castle is visible above ground.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wigtown Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved March 2, 2018.