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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 last stronghold of resistance to English rule was Stirling Castle. Armed with twelve siege engines, the English laid siege to the castle in April 1304. [2] For four months the castle was bombarded by lead balls (stripped from nearby church roofs), Greek fire, stone balls, and even some sort of gunpowder mixture. Edward I had sulphur and ...
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]
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.
20 July – fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. 1305. 5 August – William Wallace, leader of the resistance to the English occupation of Scotland, is handed over to English troops. 23 August – Wallace hanged, drawn and quartered in London following a treason trial in ...
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
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
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