Bruce's campaign to expel English garrisons from Scottish castles included the island castle on Loch Doon in Ayrshire. The English garrison was expelled in 1307. Loch Doon Castle — originally built on an island in the loch — was later moved stone by stone to the loch shore in the twentieth century when the loch was raised for a hydro scheme.
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