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Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4 Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castles in Stirling council area .
The castle commands a strategic position at the southern end of the Ochil Hills on the Northeastern approach into the ancient Scottish capital of Stirling. It sits at the base of the cliff of Dumyat, and at the foot of Castlelaw, overlooking the National Wallace Monument. The castle is a category A listed building [1] and was listed in 1973.
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.
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According to the Scottish chronicle writer, Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, there were pageants and dancing at the castle. [10] Pitscottie mistakenly dates the event to 20 August, writing that the Scottish nobility came to Stirling to celebrate the coronation of the young queen and danced with the French ladies in waiting, they:
Soon after, the tapestries were packed up and taken to Stirling Castle, where the king celebrated Easter. Ripped and torn tapestries were mended in 1497 by a priest John Kilgour of Dunblane. [6] In March 1498 James IV ordered a suite of tapestry for his new lodging at Stirling Castle from James Makysone, a merchant based in Leith. [7]
While Mary was England, and her son James VI was growing up at Stirling Castle, a substantial remainder of Mary's wardrobe and the furnishings of her palaces were locked up in Edinburgh Castle. An inventory was made in March 1578, [ 251 ] written in the Scots Language , including her "gownes, vaskenis, skirtis, slevis, doublettis, vaillis ...