Ayrshire, Bruce and Bannockburn

Robert the Bruce’s defeat of Edward II of England at Bannockburn on 24 June 1314 was the most spectacular event in his colourful career, a career which had its origins in what is now South Ayrshire. Robert’s unrecorded birthplace was almost certainly Turnberry Castle, the ancestral home of his mother, Marjorie, countess of Carrick, and […]

Professor Dauvit Broun reveals Robert the Bruce letter at South Ayrshire History Fair

A copy of an unknown and very rare Robert the Bruce letter from the build-up to the Battle of Bannockburn, was recently discovered by chance at the British Library. Dauvit Broun, Professor of History at Glasgow University spoke about his remarkable discovery at this year’s History Fair. He was visiting the British Library to examine […]

Speakers announced for History Fair 2013

Arrangements for our 2013 South Ayrshire History & Family History Fair on Saturday 1st June are well underway with three of the four speakers already booked. They are: Professor Dauvit Brown of the University of Glasgow, whose talk will feature new information about William Wallace, and a previously unknown letter of Robert the Bruce which […]