Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt By Lochmaben Castle On History Visit To Dumfries and Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Autumn travel video of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and Sporran and walking by trees and Lochmaben Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dumfries and Galloway, Britain, United Kingdom. During his invasion of southwest Scotland, King Edward I of England, Longshanks, captured the area and decided the old Bruce fort was insufficient. He established a completely new, massive wooden peel on a strategic promontory jutting into Castle Loch. This site eventually evolved into the stone castle whose ruins stand today. Positioned right in the violent West March borderlands, the castle was a constant target, frequently changing hands between the English and the Scots. In 1299 Robert the Bruce attempted and failed to retake his family’s seized lands in a fierce siege. The English held the castle as their primary garrison in the region for decades. In 1385 Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, alongside the Earls of Douglas and March, launched a devastating 9 day siege. They starved out the English garrison and tore down parts of the fortress as a symbolic erasure of English rule. In 1445, the castle was annexed to the Scottish Crown after the fall of the Black Douglases. It entered a grander era, serving as a royal residence. King James IV visited frequently, heavily renovating the castle, adding a great hall in 1504, and even using it to host card games with English border officials. King James V stayed here in 1542 just before the disastrous Battle of Solway Moss. Mary, Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley sought refuge at Lochmaben in 1565 following the Chaseabout Raid. Following the Union of the Crowns in 1603, the borderlands quieted, and Lochmaben Castle lost its strategic purpose. It was completely abandoned by the early 1700s. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. Meteorological Autumn or Fall is different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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