Battle of Loudoun Hill

Battle of Loudoun Hill
Part of First War of Scottish Independence
Trig Point and Battle Plaque at the summit of Loudoun Hill. Battle of Loudoun Hill, May 10, 1307, Through devotion and by willing hands this stone was hauled here to commemorate the first victory of King Robert the Bruce who won for us freedom from serfdom
Date 10 May 1307 Location Loudoun Hill, Ayrshire, Scotland 55°36′33″N 4°12′38″W / 55.60926°N 4.21068°W / 55.60926; -4.21068 Result Scottish victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Scotland	Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Robert the Bruce	Earl of Pembroke
Strength
600 men[1]	3,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
Low	"Hundreds"[1]
Registered battlefield
Designated	14 December 2012
Reference no.	BTL36
class=notpageimage| Location within Scotland

The Battle of Loudoun Hill was fought on 10 May 1307, between a Scots force led by King Robert the Bruce and the English commanded by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke. It took place beneath Loudoun Hill, in Ayrshire, and ended in a victory for King Robert. It was the king's first major military victory.

The battlefield was added to the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland in 2012.^[2]