After the disaster at Dunbar and John Balliol's surrender, Stirling Castle — the key to Scotland — was handed over without a fight as the garrison abandoned it. The English garrison found the castle largely undefended. Edward I took this as symbolic confirmation of complete English conquest. John of Warenne reported that Scotland could be conquered with no more soldiers than it took to carry off the Stone of Destiny — overconfident words that William Wallace would soon make him regret.
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