Lochindorb Castle was a key stronghold in the north of Scotland and first known to have belonged to the Comyns of Badenoch who likely built the castle between 1260-80. Black’ John Comyn II is recorded as having died at Lochindorb in 1302, at which time his son was acting as Governor of Scotland. John Comyn III negotiated the wholesale submission of Scotland to Edward I of England in 1304. Edward notably used Lochindorb as a key base, staying at the castle during his military campaign to receive the allegiance of much of northern Scotland. Lochindorb has therefore been noted as having accommodated an English king, but never a Scottish one. Following the death of John Comyn III at the hands of Robert the Bruce in 1306, the Comyns of Badenoch lost influence within Scotland. John Comyn’s heir was later to be killed fighting for the English at Bannockburn. Ownership of the castle either passed to the Comyns of Buchan or more likely, directly to the Crown. What is notable, however, is the absence of any mention of Lochindorb in Bruce’s subsequent 1307-08 campaign against the Comyns, where Bruce proceeded to take control of Comyn-held castles. Bruce went on to defeat the Earl of Buchan at the Battle of Inverurie in 1308, ending Comyn influence. With Bruce’s victory at Inverurie, Lochindorb was ceded to the Scottish crown and in 1308, the castle was handed to the Randolphs, Earl of Moray. From then on, as the crown of Scotland changed allegiance, so too did Lochindorb. A key date is 1335, when Sir Andrew Murray, Regent of Scotland, laid siege to the castle whilst it was again under English allegiance. The siege was broken by the military intervention of Edward Balliol, though by 1342 the castle was again in Scottish hands and in use as a prison. In 1372 Alexander Stewart, the notorious Wolf of Badenoch, was granted ownership until his death in 1405. Finally, the castle was occupied for a decade by Archibald ‘Black’ Douglas until his death at the Battle of Arkinholm in 1455. The crown then made the decision to dismantle the castle, on account of its ‘situation and power’, a task carried out by the Thane of Cawdor. #Scotland #fyp #travel #explore #beautifuldestinations #nature #history #viral #castle #beautiful #scottish #scottishtiktok #adventure #roadtrip #gameofthrones #traveltiktok #inspiration - @castlesofscotland