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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
Wallace's Monument, the Wallace Tower, or the Barnweil Monument [1] [2] (NS 240655 629488) [3] is a category-A-listed building dedicated to the memory of William Wallace located on Barnweil Hill (153 m or 503 ft), a prominent location in the parish of Craigie, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
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 ...
William Wallace was a member of the lesser nobility, but little is definitely known of his family history or even his parentage. William's own seal , found on a letter sent to the Hanse city of Lübeck in 1297, [ 5 ] gives his father's name as Alan Wallace.
The sword was recovered from Dumbarton by Charles Rogers, author of The Book of Wallace. Rogers, on 15 October 1888, who renewed a correspondence with the Secretary of State for War, with the result that the major general commanding forces in North Britain was authorised to deliver the weapon to his care for preservation in the Wallace Monument.
Wallace's Monument, Wallace Tower or the Barnweil Monument is a category-A-listed building located on Barnweil Hill (elevation 503 ft or 153 m). Wallace's Monument, Barnweil Hill The picturesque Wallace's Monument is a Gothic structure in a prominent situation, built to commemorate William Wallace at the time of an upsurge in the Scottish ...
The Beheading Stone and cannons looking towards the Wallace Monument. Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany was reportedly executed on the hill on 24 May 1425. As was Robert Mentecht: On 16 October 1525, Robert Mentecht was convicted by the said assise and doom pronounced on him, to be taken to the “Heidden Hill” and the head to be stricken from the body, and the said doom was given by “Willie ...
Wallace Statue may refer to the following monuments in Scotland: Wallace Monument , Stirling, which has at its corner a statue of Wallace Statue of William Wallace, Aberdeen