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Aerial view of old and new Caerlaverock Castles, Scotland (Courtesy Copyright HES)
With a commanding view of southwestern Scotland’s Solway Firth, Caerlaverock Castle was the seat of the powerful Maxwell clan, which held the strategic coastal bastion during the late medieval Wars of Scottish Independence. The triangular fortress, which was besieged by English forces several times, was built starting in 1277. It was located around 600 feet uphill from an earlier moated fortification, known
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