After the massacre and capture of Berwick, Edward I ordered the construction of a great ditch and palisade around the town, later reinforced with stone walls. He worked personally on the construction to demonstrate royal commitment. Berwick was transformed from a Scottish trading town into an English military and administrative capital. Scottish sympathisers in the surrounding countryside were suppressed by mounted patrols. The fortification of Berwick became one of the longest-running engineering projects of Edwards Scottish campaigns.
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