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Stirling Castle in 2017. The castle esplanade, or parade ground, has been used as an open-air concert venue for several noted acts, some of whom have used Stirling Castle and the surrounding scenery to film "in concert" DVDs. These acts include R.E.M., Ocean Colour Scene, Bob Dylan, Wet Wet Wet, Rod Stewart and Runrig.
The Great Hall of Stirling Castle, built by James IV in the late fifteenth century, showing a combination of traditional Scottish and continental Renaissance features. Scotland is known for its dramatically placed castles, many of which date from the late medieval era.
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
Stirling Castle, Caerlaverock Castle and Bothwell Castle were besieged by Scottish forces in 1299 and the English garrisons were forced to surrender. Robert de Brus, Earl of Carrick attacked Lochmaben Castle in August 1299, that was under the control of the English, in his fathers the Lord of Annandale's lands in Annandale, however failed to capture it. [1]
Name Type Date Condition Ownership Location Notes Picture Airthrey Castle: Baronial house: 1790s: Occupied: Stirling University: Stirling: University campus established in the grounds in the 1960s
Map of Stirlingshire in 1975, showing the position of burghs in the county. The Royal Burgh of Stirling (from the 12th century) (No. 2 on map) The Burgh of Bridge of Allan (a police burgh from 1870) (1) The Burgh of Denny and Dunipace (a police burgh from 1877) (4) The Burgh of Falkirk (a burgh of barony from 1600, reformed 1832) (5)
Upload another image Cowane Centre (Central Single Storey Section Only) Formerly Territorial Primary School, Cowane St 56°07′29″N 3°56′27″W / 56.12463°N 3.940929°W / 56.12463; -3.940929 (Cowane Centre (Central Single Storey Section Only) Formerly Territorial Primary School, Cowane St) Category C(S) 41132 Upload Photo Stirling Castle Great Hall (1503) 56°07′27″N ...
Between 1571 and 1585, the castle was besieged three times by Scottish factions during the reign of James VI. [1] Siege of Stirling Castle (1651), successful siege by Oliver Cromwell during the Third English Civil War. Siege of Stirling Castle (1746), unsuccessful siege by Charles Edward Stuart during the Jacobite rising of 1745