Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Castle Caerlaverock was built around 1277
and by 1300 was besieged by Edward I during his war against John Balliol, the
Scottish king. This war is still remembered for the brave resistance put
up by the Scots under Sir William Wallace.
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The triangular plan of this castle is unique in Scotland. The medieval
French poem The Siege of Caerlaverock gives this description: In shape it was like a shield, for it had but three sides round it, with a tower at each corner, but one of them was a double one, so high, so long and so wide, that the gate underneath it, well made and strong with a drawbridge and a sufficiency of other defences. And it had good walls and good ditches filled right up to the brim with water. |
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Other Caerlaverock Castle pages:
http://www.aboutscotland.co.uk/caer/caer.html
http://www.serenery.com/CaerlaverockCastle.html
http://www.castles.org/Chatelaine/CAERLAVEROCK.HTM
Castles created by Dr. Robert G. Carney, Jr. M.D.
Page maintained by Anne Sullivan