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Statue of Wallace at Edinburgh Castle. When Wallace was growing up, King Alexander III ruled Scotland. His reign had seen a period of peace and economic stability. On 19 March 1286, however, Alexander died after falling from his horse. [18] [19] The heir to the throne was Alexander's granddaughter, Margaret, Maid of Norway. As she was still a ...
The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a 67 m (220 ft) tower on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. [1] It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish hero. [2] National Wallace Monument and Ochil Hills in autumn
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.
Wallace is famous for leading the Scots in the defeat of the English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. He later spent time in Europe but by 1305 was back in Scotland where he was ...
A famous and historic letter in support of Scottish hero William Wallace has been put on display on St Andrew’s Day. More than 250 people turned up to see the fragile document which was only on ...
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 ...
The hill is the site of William Wallace's HQ ahead of the battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, which was part of the Scottish Wars of Independence.. The hilltop was also defended during the Early Medieval Period, and features a vitrified hillfort, [4] destroyed by fire in the 6th or 7th centuries AD and then refortified in 8th or 9th centuries AD, as demonstrated by two phases of archaeological ...
The Wallace Sword is an antique two-handed sword purported to have belonged to William Wallace (1270–1305), a Scottish knight who led a resistance to the English occupation of Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence. It is said to have been used by William Wallace at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 and the Battle of ...