From Nether Bailey
Stirling Castle with the light colored Great Hall rising above the wall. I took the two pictures for this panorama from Nether Bailey on the way to the building where tapestries were being created by hand.
Stirling Castle / in Scotland -- home of a tremendous amount of history and near where William Wallace won the Battle of Stirling Bridge against King Edward I (Hammer of the Scots), and near where Robert the Bruce won the battle of Bannockburn against King Edward I.
William Wallace was born 1272 and died a terrible death at the hands of King Edward I (Hammer of the Scots) in 1305 at age 33. He and his men had won an important battle at Stirling Bridge in 1297 when he was 25 years old. After being betrayed and caught by King Edward I he was hung drawn and quartered and there are rumors as to wear the pieces of his body are located.
Robert the Bruce was born 1274 and died 1329 at age 54. He and his army had won an important battle -- the Battle of Bannockburn -- in 1314 when he was 40 years old. He was crowned King of Scotland in 1306. His body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey and his heart on the grounds of Melrose Abbey. On his deathbed he had requested his friend to cut out his heart and take it on a Crusade to the Holy Lands. Sir James Douglas is said to have taken Bruce's heart in a casket with him to Spain in 1330 but, in a battle against the Moors, Douglas was killed. Sir William Keith brought Bruce's heart back to Scotland and it was buried in Melrose Abbey.
From Nether Bailey
Stirling Castle with the light colored Great Hall rising above the wall. I took the two pictures for this panorama from Nether Bailey on the way to the building where tapestries were being created by hand.
Stirling Castle / in Scotland -- home of a tremendous amount of history and near where William Wallace won the Battle of Stirling Bridge against King Edward I (Hammer of the Scots), and near where Robert the Bruce won the battle of Bannockburn against King Edward I.
William Wallace was born 1272 and died a terrible death at the hands of King Edward I (Hammer of the Scots) in 1305 at age 33. He and his men had won an important battle at Stirling Bridge in 1297 when he was 25 years old. After being betrayed and caught by King Edward I he was hung drawn and quartered and there are rumors as to wear the pieces of his body are located.
Robert the Bruce was born 1274 and died 1329 at age 54. He and his army had won an important battle -- the Battle of Bannockburn -- in 1314 when he was 40 years old. He was crowned King of Scotland in 1306. His body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey and his heart on the grounds of Melrose Abbey. On his deathbed he had requested his friend to cut out his heart and take it on a Crusade to the Holy Lands. Sir James Douglas is said to have taken Bruce's heart in a casket with him to Spain in 1330 but, in a battle against the Moors, Douglas was killed. Sir William Keith brought Bruce's heart back to Scotland and it was buried in Melrose Abbey.