Weardale campaign
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The Weardale campaign, part of the First War of Scottish Independence, occurred during July and August 1327 in Weardale, England. A Scottish force under James, Lord of Douglas, and the earls of Moray
Battle of Stanhope Park
Execution of Hugh Despenser
An English herald approaches the Scots.
A late-medieval camp being stormed
Sir James Douglas was a Scottish knight and feudal lord. He was one of the chief commanders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Statue of Douglas at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
A Victorian depiction of Sir James (third from left), and other leaders of the Wars of Independence by William Hole
Tomb of Sir James, St Bride's Kirk, Douglas
All that remains of the house that stood on the site of Douglas Castle is this seventeenth-century tower which was spared demolition in 1938.