Edward Bruce — Robert's brother commanding the blockade of Stirling before Bannockburn — caught an English foraging party from the castle and destroyed it. The action demonstrated that the Stirling garrison was effectively trapped. This tight blockade was what led to the Midsummer deadline that in turn caused Bannockburn itself.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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