Stirling Castle
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Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. It is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position. Its strategic location, guarding what was, until the 1890s, the farthest downstream crossing of the River Forth, has made it an important fortification in the region from the earliest times.
Statue of Robert the Bruce on the castle esplanade
Mowbray refuses to let Edward II into the castle.
The north gate of the castle, at the lower left, is probably the oldest part of the castle, dating partly from the 1380s.
The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
The dethroned King John, whom a Scottish chronicler dubbed 'toom tabard' ('empty coat')
Notable figures from the first War of Independence as depicted by the Victorian artist William Hole
Bannockburn Monument plaque