On St Andrews Day 1335 Andrew Murray, Guardian of Scotland, surprised the English-supporting army of the Earl of Atholl at Culblean in Aberdeenshire. Murray used the forest cover to approach undetected and attacked at dawn, routing Atholl's force which was caught before it could form a proper battle line. Atholl was killed and his army destroyed. Culblean was the turning point that checked Edward III's Scottish strategy and gave the Guardian authority to progressively recover castles across the north.
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