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Scottish Garrison Holds Loch Doon Castle 1333-1335

Q: When did Scottish Garrison Holds Loch Doon Castle 1333-1335 take place?

Scottish Garrison Holds Loch Doon Castle 1333-1335 took place in 1333, in Ayrshire, Scotland. Following the Scots' defeat at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, Loch Doon Castle was one of only five or six strongholds in Scotland that continued to hold out for David II against Edward Balliol. The English besieged the castle in 1335, but the defenders were able to hold out; no source found confirms the DB's stated eventual surrender on terms, and this appears to be a conflation with the castle's earlier, separate surrender by Sir Gilbert de Carrick in 1306.

Q: Who won Scottish Garrison Holds Loch Doon Castle 1333-1335?

Scottish garrison holding for David II was victorious. The defeated side was English besieging forces (Edward Balliol/Edward III's cause). Following the Scots' defeat at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, Loch Doon Castle was one of only five or six strongholds in Scotland that continued to hold out for David II against Edward Balliol. The English besieged the castle in 1335, but the defenders were able to hold out; no source found confirms the DB's stated eventual surrender on terms, and this appears to be a conflation with the castle's earlier, separate surrender by Sir Gilbert de Carrick in 1306.

1333

Ayrshire, Scotland

Era

Medieval

Battle Type

Siege

Location

Ayrshire, Scotland

Status

Unregistered

The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated

English besieging forces (Edward Balliol/Edward III's cause)

Victor

Scottish garrison holding for David II

Outcome

Following the Scots' defeat at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, Loch Doon Castle was one of only five or six strongholds in Scotland that continued to hold out for David II against Edward Balliol. The English besieged the castle in 1335, but the defenders were able to hold out; no source found confirms the DB's stated eventual surrender on terms, and this appears to be a conflation with the castle's earlier, separate surrender by Sir Gilbert de Carrick in 1306.

The Battle

History & Significance

Scottish Garrison Holds Loch Doon Castle 1333-1335 was a medieval siege, the investment of a fortified position, fought at Ayrshire, Scotland in 1333. Scottish garrison holding for David II prevailed over English besieging forces (Edward Balliol/Edward III's cause). Following the Scots' defeat at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, Loch Doon Castle was one of only five or six strongholds in Scotland that continued to hold out for David II against Edward Balliol. The English besieged the castle in 1335, but the defenders were able to hold out; no source found confirms the DB's stated eventual surrender on terms, and this appears to be a conflation with the castle's earlier, separate surrender by Sir Gilbert de Carrick in 1306.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Scottish Garrison Holds Loch Doon Castle 1333-1335 lies on Kirkcolm Formation, bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.

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Scheduled Monuments near Scottish Garrison Holds Loch Doon Castle 1333-1335

Loch Doon Castle, original site & remains of, 570m NE of Craigmalloch

Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.7 mi

Loch Doon Castle, original site and remains of, is a post-medieval fortress located 570 metres north-east of Craigmalloch in Ayrshire, Scotland. The castle occupies a defensible position on an igneous outcrop of felsic rock, formed during the Early Devonian period when molten intrusions pushed th…

Dalmellington,motte

Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~4.2 mi

Dalmellington Motte is a medieval motte located in Ayrshire, Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a Moscovian-age geological formation comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This underlying geology of coal-bearing strata…

Woodhead lead mines and smelter,Carsphairn

Scheduled monument · ~4.6 mi

Woodhead lead mines and smelter is a post-medieval industrial site in Kirkcudbrightshire, located where wacke bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation offered accessible lead-bearing mineralisation. The mines exploited veins within this Caradocian sedimentary sequence, which runs through the Southern Up…

Holm of Daltallochan,stone circle & standing stone

Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~5.6 mi

Holm of Daltallochan is a Bronze Age stone circle and standing stone located in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-west Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Kirkcolm Formation, a Caradocian wacke that underlies much of the local landscape. This compact arrangement of stones represents a ritual…

Holm of Daltallochan,cross slab

Scheduled monument · ~5.6 mi

Holm of Daltallochan cross slab is a carved stone monument in Kirkcudbrightshire, southwestern Scotland. Dating to the early medieval period, this cross slab represents a tradition of Christian commemoration and artistic expression common across Scotland between the 6th and 12th centuries. The mo…

Waterside Bing, iron slag bing, Dalmellington Ironworks

Scheduled monument · ~6.2 mi

Waterside Bing is an iron slag bing at the former Dalmellington Ironworks in Ayrshire, Scotland, and is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM7544. The bing represents the accumulated industrial waste from the ironworks, a substantial conical or ridg…

Donald's Isle, Loch Doon, settlement 750m SSW of Lamdoughty Farm

Scheduled monument · ~1.8 miles

Loch Doon Castle

Scheduled monument · ~2.5 miles

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