Lochmaben (Gaelic: Loch Mhabain) is a small town in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle. Robert I King of Scots ( 11 July, 1274 &ndash 7 June, 1329) usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce ( Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It lies four miles west of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway. Lockerbie ( Scottish Gaelic: Logarbaidh) is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. Dumfries and Galloway ( Gaelic: Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, d̪̊unˈfɾʲiʃ aɡ̊əs̪ əŋ ɡ̊auɫ̪ɣəɫ̪əv is one of 32 council areas
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Early inhabitants
The name Loch Mhabain is possibly a corruption of Loch Mhaol Bheinn ("Lake on the bare mountain"), or may mean "Loch of Mabon", an ancient Brythonic god, as the Roman name of the area was Locus Maponi, according to the Ravenna Cosmography. This article is about the Neopagan festival Mabon. For the Welsh mythological character see Mabon ap Modron. Celtic mythology is the Mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the Religion of the Iron Age Celts Like other Iron Age Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC In ancient Celtic religion, Maponos or Maponus ("divine son" was a god of youth known mainly in northern Britain but also in Gaul. The Ravenna Cosmography was compiled by an anonymous cleric in Ravenna around AD 700 It has been inhabited since earliest times due to its strategic position on the routes from England to Scotland and Ireland, to the small lochs surrounding it and to the relatively fertile soil in the area. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The first inhabitants may have lived in crannogs in the lochs. For Canada's organic brewery see Crannóg Ales A crannóg is an artificial island usually originally built in lakes rivers and estuarine waters and most often
Lords of Annandale
By 1160, the Anglo-Norman de Brus (Bruce) family, had become the Lords of Annandale. The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066, although Robert de Bruce, Lord of Skelton in Yorkshire (some references say Cleveland), was a notable figure at the court of King Henry I of England, where he became intimate with Prince David of Scotland, that monarch's brother-in-law. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman When the Prince became King of Scots, in 1124, Bruce obtained from him the Lordship of Annandale, and great possessions in the south of Scotland. (de Brus was nevertheless buried at Gysburn, the place of his birth).
Castle, and wars
At some point in the 13th century the Bruces built a castle, probably a Keep, at Lochmaben, the remains of which now lie under a golf course. A keep is a strong central Tower which is used as a dungeon or a fortress It is claimed that King Robert I of Scotland (Bruce) was born there, which is why the town adopted the motto "From us is born the liberator king" (in Latin) on its coat of arms. Robert I King of Scots ( 11 July, 1274 &ndash 7 June, 1329) usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce ( Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. However this claim is relatively late, it cannot be ruled out, but his birthplace was more likely Turnberry Castle. Turnberry Castle is a fragmented ruin on the coast of Kirkoswald parish 6¼ miles north of Girvan in Ayrshire, Scotland. Bruce certainly battled the English over this area during the Wars of Scottish Independence. The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th
King Edward replaced the castle with a much sturdier structure at the south end of Castle Loch around 1300 and its remains still show the massive strength of its defences. Archibald Douglas, Lord of Galloway, with the assistance of the Earls of March and Douglas, after a siege of nine days, took Lochmaben Castle from the English and "razed it to the ground" (probably meaning it was burnt) on the 4th February 1384/5. Galloway ( Gaelic: Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, əŋ ɡauɫ̪ɣəɫ̪əv or Gallobha, Lowland Scots Gallowa) is an area in southwestern The castle and barony became a possession of the Earls of March, but when the 10th Earl was forfeited and then reinstated, in 1409, it is noted that it was "with the exception of the castle of Lochmaben and the Lordship of Annandale. "
The Battle of Lochmaben Fair was fought on 22 July 1484. The Battle of Lochmaben Fair was fought on 22 July 1484 in the town of Lochmaben in south-west Scotland Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of A force of 500 light horsemen led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas invaded Scotland, but were defeated. Alexander Stewart Duke of Albany (c 1454 &ndash 7 August 1485) was the second son of King James II of Scotland, and his Queen consort James Douglas 9th Earl of Douglas 3rd Earl of Avondale (1426&ndash1488 was a Scottish nobleman last of the 'Black' earls of Douglas.
On the 16 January 1508/9, at Edinburgh, Sir Robert Lauder of The Bass (d. 1517/8), knight, was appointed "Captain and Keeper of the King's castle and fort of Lochmaben, with all pertinentes" and other privileges etc. , for three years.
Lochmaben remained important and had a turbulent history until after 1600 by which time the castle had seen its last siege and was gradually abandoned.
Town
The town had prospered and become a Royal Burgh in 1447, and a Royal Charter in 1579. A royal burgh was a type of Scottish Burgh which had been founded by or subsequently granted a Royal charter. A Royal Charter is a Charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy council to legitimize an incorporated body such as a city company Its importance waned with the peace that was became the norm, but it had sufficient resources to build a substantial Tolbooth (later the Town Hall) in 1723. The railway came in 1863, with Lochmaben a stop on the Dumfries to Lockerbie line, and brought easy communication both north and south. Dumfries (dəmˈfriːs is a town and former Royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Like many branch lines it succumbed to the “axe” in the 1960s.
Lochmaben Hospital was opened in 1905 as an infectious diseases hospital but, with the virtual demise of these diseases, it is now a modern 16 bed community facility caring for both physical and psychiatric problems. Lochmaben Primary School is one of the largest in Annandale. The school moved to newer more modern premises in 1982. It also has an 18 hole golf course surrounding the kirk loch on the edge of the town. There are 2 convenience stores at each end of the town. Several successful businesses are also in the town and the town is once again thriving with many houses planned to be built over the next ten years. It has a doctors surgery.
The town has suffered genteel poverty in past times but it now prospers on a mix of agriculture, light industry and tourism with significant numbers commuting the short distance to Dumfries. The town is well found with a broad main street and the town is set in rolling countryside. The town’s lochs thrive with both sailing and fishing taking place throughout the year.
References
- The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1563/4, by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, and edited by Charles B. Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is one of the senior Officers of Arms of the College of Arms, and the junior of the two provincial Kings of Arms. Northcliffe, M. A. , of Langton, London, 1881, p. 40
- The Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, by Sir Bernard Burke, C. B. ,LL. D. , Ulster King of Arms, &c. Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is one of the senior Officers of Arms of the College of Arms, and the junior of the two provincial Kings of Arms. , London, 1883, p. 80.
- Scottish Kings, 1005-1626, by Sir Archibald H Dunbar, Bt. , Edinburgh, 1899.
- The Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland, edited by M. Livingstone, I. S. O. , vol. 1, 1488-1529, Edinburgh, 1908, number 1799, pps: 273/274.
See also
External links
- A summary of Lochmaben, including accommodation and activities can be found at visitsouthernscotland.com. The Lochmaben Stone is a Megalith standing in a field nearly a mile west of the Sark mouth on the Solway Firth, three hundred yards or so above high water The Battle of Sark, sometimes known as the Battle of Lochmaben Stone, was fought in October 1448 as part of the intermittent border war between England and Scotland left over
- The Lochmaben and District Community Initiative website can be found at lochmaben.org.uk, providing information about the community of Lochmaben and the surrounding district for residents and visitors.
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