Aberdeen Castle
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA
Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.
| Aberdeen Castle (destroyed c.1308) | |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Castlegate, Aberdeen | |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Destroyed, no remains. |
| Location | |
| Script error: No such module "Infobox mapframe". | |
| Coordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Site history | |
| In use | until c.1308 |
| Demolished | c.1308 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Variously between Scottish and English troops. |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
Aberdeen Castle was a late Middle Ages fortification,[1] in Aberdeen, Scotland.[2] It was situated on Castle Hill, a site today known as the Castlegate, and the location of the castle is now occupied by blocks of flats.[3]
Burned and demolished
It is thought the castle and fortifications were slighted[4] by King Robert the Bruce as was his policy on recaptured castles in June 1308, during the Wars of Scottish Independence immediately following the Harrying of Buchan. Bruce and his men laid siege to the castle before massacring the English Garrison to prevent its use by the English troops of Edward II. It is said the Scots showed no mercy but "slew every man who fell into their hands. Edward I, indeed, had already set the example of executing his prisoners. It was not to be expected that the other side would fail to follow the same course"[5] However, as of August 1308, Gilbert Pecche and the last troops were allowed to leave Aberdeen; though this is unlikely to be accurate.[1] On 10 July 1308, English ships left Hartlepool to help the English garrison.[6]
Legend tells that the city's motto, Bon Accord, came from the password used to initiate Bruce's final push and destruction of the castle.[7][8]
Surrender to the English
The castle was surrendered to the English in 1295, and on 14 April 1296, the English King, Edward I arrived in Aberdeen and stayed in the castle as part of his campaign in the east coast of Scotland, having defeated the Scots.[9]
Wallace
Page Module:Message box/ambox.css has no content.
This section needs additional citations for verification. (November 2025) |
However, the following year, in 1297, after defeating the English at Dunnottar Castle, William Wallace marched his men to Aberdeen as part of their campaign to reclaim the east coast from the English army.[citation needed]
They found the English preparing to leave with an armada of one hundred ships. The speed of Wallace's arrival from Dunnottar caught the English unawares. At low tide, the stranded ships were attacked in the harbour: the crew and soldiers were slaughtered, the cargo was seized, and the ships were burned.[citation needed]
John Balliol
The English Sheriff of Aberdeen, Sir Henry de Lazom, had been left in charge of the castle, but during the chaos of the attack, he defected and declared the castle in the name of the Scottish King, John Balliol.[10][11]
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Tolbooth exhibition puts unique spotlight on Aberdeen's castle". Aberdeen City Council. Archived from the original on 29 January 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aberdeen Castle". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Castlegate- Aberdeen". Aberdeen Today. Archived from the original on 23 January 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome to Aberdeen". Destinations in Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.George Lillie Craik and Charles MacFarlane (1841). The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as well as a History of the Kingdom. C. Knight & Co. p. 709.
Castle of Aberdeen.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Notable Dates in history". Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Keith, Alexander (1987). A Thousand Years of Aberdeen. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aberdeen Official Guide – Coat of Arms and Motto". British Publishing. Archived from the original on 14 November 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Journal of the Movements of King Edward I in Scotland, 1296". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Andrew de Moray Unsung Hero of Scotland's Wars of Independence". Retrieved 3 May 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rebel Commander". Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found.
