Caerlaverock Castle
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Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock
Caerlaverock Castle from the air
View of one of the northern towers of the old, early 13th-century castle
Historic view of Caerlaverock Castle
Caerlaverock Castle by J. M. W. Turner, c.1832
Edward I
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Edward I, also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquit
Caerlaverock Castle
…In 1299, the garrison of Caerlaverock attacked Lochmaben Castle which was held by English forces. In July 1300, King Edward I of England marched north with an army including eighty-seven of the Barons of England and several knights of Brittany and Lorraine, and besieged Caerlaverock…
Portrait in Westminster Abbey probably depicting Edward I, installed during his reign
Early 14th-century manuscript initial showing Edward and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. The artist has perhaps tried to depict Edward's blepharoptosis (drooping eyelid), a trait he inherited from his father.
Medieval manuscript showing the Earl of Leicester's mutilated body at the field of Evesham
Caernarfon Castle, one of the castles erected in Wales during the reign of Edward I