Lochleven Castle — the island fortress in Loch Leven, later famous as Mary Queen of Scots' prison — was one of the strongpoints contested during the Second War of Independence. Patriot forces retook it from an English-aligned garrison as part of the gradual Scottish recovery after the low point of Halidon Hill in 1333. The systematic recovery of castles in Fife and Kinross-shire restored Scottish control of the Forth valley.
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