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Bruce's Cave or the Dunskellie Grotto is a relatively small and mainly artificial cave created in the red sandstone cliffs about 9 metres above the Kirtle Water at Cove, Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It has been associated with Robert the Bruce and the famous incident with the spider struggling to build its web.
King's Cave (on the left) and adjacent caves on Arran's south-west coast. The current name of the cave is linked to the legend of Robert the Bruce seeking refuge in a cave where he is said to have been inspired by watching a spider's numerous and ultimately successful attempts to build a web, [6] [7] but this story is widely considered ...
The remains of Turnberry Castle, Robert the Bruce's likely birthplace. Robert the Bruce was born on 11 July 1274. [3] [1] His place of birth is not known for certain.It most likely was Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire, the head of his mother's earldom, [4] despite claims that he may have been born in Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire, or Writtle in Essex.
Bruce's Cave [19] is named after Robert the Bruce, also known as Robert I of Scotland: it was here that he was said to have seen the legendary spider which is described as inspiring Bruce to continue his fight for Scottish independence. [20] The island is also the northernmost point of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural ...
Bruce's Cave, which boasts a cave allegedly used by King Robert the Bruce.Here the fleeing king is supposed to have watched a spider swinging from one side of the cave to the other, which gave rise to the saying "if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again".
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On 20 September 1286, several Scottish barons who supported the title of the Bruce as successor of the crown met secretly at Turnberry Castle. Robert was only 12 years old at the time. [5] The second event was the attempt made by Robert in the spring of 1307, to recover the castle from the English, who occupied it at the time.
Robert the Bruce defeated England’s King Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 thus freeing Scotland from English rule until the countries were united by the Act of Union in 1707.