Robert the Bruce had just been crowned King of Scots when Pembroke's cavalry surprised his camp and routed his army. Bruce became a fugitive, hiding in caves and islands. The spider legend originates here — watching a spider try and try again supposedly inspired Bruce's own perseverance. He returned the following year to begin his reconquest.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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