On the night of Shrove Tuesday in February 1314, James Douglas and a small party of men in black cloaks crept beneath the walls of Roxburgh Castle while the English garrison celebrated Shrove Tuesday inside. Posing as cattle in the dark, they raised ladders and scaled the walls, killing the guards before an alarm could be raised. The castle was taken by a handful of men through pure stealth. As with other Scottish castles, it was demolished to prevent re-occupation by the English.
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