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Stirling Castle in 2017. The castle esplanade, or parade ground, has been used as an open-air concert venue for several noted acts, some of whom have used Stirling Castle and the surrounding scenery to film "in concert" DVDs. These acts include R.E.M., Ocean Colour Scene, Bob Dylan, Wet Wet Wet, Rod Stewart and Runrig.
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 ...
Stirling and its surrounding area has a number of 9- and 18-hole golf courses, the largest of which is the Stirling Golf Course, located in the Kings Park area of the city. The Peak, a new Sports Village, was opened in April 2009 to cater for a range of sporting activities.
Upload another image Cowane Centre (Central Single Storey Section Only) Formerly Territorial Primary School, Cowane St 56°07′29″N 3°56′27″W / 56.12463°N 3.940929°W / 56.12463; -3.940929 (Cowane Centre (Central Single Storey Section Only) Formerly Territorial Primary School, Cowane St) Category C(S) 41132 Upload Photo Stirling Castle Great Hall (1503) 56°07′27″N ...
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In 1130, Stirling, one of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, was created a royal burgh by King David I.. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth, at the Battle of Stirling Bridge during the First War of ...
Name Type Date Condition Ownership Location Notes Picture Airthrey Castle: Baronial house: 1790s: Occupied: Stirling University: Stirling: University campus established in the grounds in the 1960s