Bannockburn. If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314; although it did not bring outright victory in the war, which lay 14 years in the future and would ...

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The exact location of the Battle of Bannockburn still remains uncertain. The previously favoured site on the carse would have been boggy at the time and probably unsuitable for cavalry fighting.

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Just like the triumph of Agincourt, which was to follow 100 years later, the Battle of Bannockburn was a win for the underdog, when a formidable army lost to one of significantly fewer numbers.

Ruthless, effective and a brilliant general - if Edward I of England had lived long enough to fight Bruce at Bannockburn the outcome would have been very different. Need More Information?