We wrote stories about the history of Dunyvaig. What would it have been like to be there at the time? Here is one for you to read…
The siege of Dunyvaig
by Matthew
One day at Dunyvaig castle everything was very calm the villagers were doing their normal thing .
The farmer was just harvesting wheat. Inside the castle John MacDonald, the Lord of the Isles the owner of the castle was just having not a good feeling. The guard in the tall tower looked into the distance and there were about twenty boats coming towards the castle! They were very far away. He told John. John was shocked but he was ready for a fight. The following day the ships
looked gargantuan now. There were so many ships. “They’re coming our way!” said the guard “this is not good! said his friend “we need to get ready for a big battle in one hour…”
The battle began. “They’re surrounding us!” said the guard “the ship looks like it’s looking at me this is really not good”
“We’re trapped. It’s a siege. We’ll soon have no food and no water at all so we’re all dead.” I’ll go and tell the Lord of the Isles. He talked to John MacDonald and John said we have to try to get food. He tried but he could not. One of the Campbells tried to kill him but then he sprinted back inside back inside. He told John he could not get any food at all so he sat down and went to talk to his friend. He said “I need to get food we are all going to die! Look at the villagers they’re all panicking they’re all so hungry.”
From the tower the guards shot about ten Campbells. It was their only hope hardly anybody could survive. A lot had died. They needed food immediately they could only last about two more days. They were all going to die and John was panicking a lot. I mean a lot.
Meanwhile one of the heavily armoured guards tried to get food but he was speared by arrows three hit his head and two hit his arm. His arm was fine because he had armour on his arm but he forgot to put on his helmet so he dropped dead. John dropped his seal and made a run for it. John was petrified so he ran fast as a bullet, he was absolutely panicking. The guards were shooting lots of Campbells. John shot the big muscly one in the leg he had steel on his leg so he was fine. He whipped out his bow and the arrow hit him in his chest he was not dead yet. The big muscly one was angry he was furious he came into the castle. And John Macdonald ran down to the sea gate and got in a boat. He sailed away to freedom. Sadly, the Campbells won the siege and got to keep the castle of Dunyvaig.
picture by Louise
