Rutherglen Castle near Glasgow was an English-held stronghold controlling the Clyde crossing south of Glasgow. Its capture by Bruce in 1309 demonstrated his expanding control across the Lowlands. Bruce followed his policy of demolishing captured castles to prevent them being retaken and reused by the English. The systematic reduction of English garrisons across central Scotland in 1309-1313 was the strategic precondition for Bannockburn.
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