Ayr Castle on the Firth of Clyde was an English stronghold that Scottish patriots could not take during the Wallace period. Ayr was in Bruce's ancestral territory of Carrick, making the English garrison particularly provocative. The castle controlled the main port on the west coast south of Glasgow. An English garrison there could receive supplies and reinforcements by sea — making it much harder to besiege than inland castles.
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