Bruce's systematic reduction of English-held castles included Caerlaverock, the triangular moated fortress near Dumfries. English garrison expelled and the castle slighted — part of Bruce's deliberate policy of demolishing fortresses rather than garrison them, denying the English permanent bases while he lacked the manpower to defend them all.
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