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There have been at least eight sieges of Stirling Castle, including several during the Wars of Scottish Independence, with the last being in 1746, when Bonnie Prince Charlie unsuccessfully tried to take the castle. Stirling Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and is now a tourist attraction managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
English: The presence chamber of Queen Mary (Mary of Guise) showing three of the Unicorn Tapestries. These are modern reproductions of a set of original medieval tapestries from the South Netherlands, owned by the Comtes de la Rochefoucauld for centuries, but donated to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art by the Rockefeller family.
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More images: Boer War Memorial Stirling Castle: 1907: Hubert Paton Statue on pedestal: Bronze and granite: Category C: Q56646416 [21] [22] More images: Statue of Robert the Bruce: Stirling Castle: 1877: George Cruikshank (designer), Andrew Currie (sculptor). Statue on pedestal: Stone with metal elements: Category C [23] James V: Stirling Castle ...
The statue of Robert the Bruce on the esplanade at Stirling Castle, Stirling, is a 1876 work sculpted by Andrew Currie and designed by illustrator George Cruikshank. [1] As of 2020, the statue is featured on the Clydesdale Bank £20 note. [2]
Stirling Head carving thought to depict Margaret Tudor, 1540. The Stirling Heads are a group of large oak portrait medallions made around the year 1540 to decorate the ceiling of a room at Stirling Castle. [1] The style, in origin, was based on Italian architectural decoration and at Stirling was probably derived from a French source.
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