Showing posts with label Stirling Castle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stirling Castle. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Scots Corner - some photographs from our trip.


Looking toward Holyrude Church from the graveyard.


Stirling Castle - A room with a view looking toward the Wallace Monument.



Life size workers in the castle kitchens looking like they are covered in flour.


Dunblane Cathedral tower. When the tower was extended the workers removed the parapet, added in the lighter sections and put the parapet section back on.


Inside the Cathedral showing the two roof lines. The tour guide was a friend of my brother's. 


The world famous Hamish who ignored us but "worked" for the camera when a larger group of people visited just after us :)

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Scots Corner - Stirling Castle



I'm still having issues uploading photographs. This is one of the quieter areas of Stirling Castle. It's the Nether Bailey at the back of the castle. You access this area through the North Gate. There's a wee exhibit in the guard house with prisoner in situ.
At the far end of the Bailey is the Tapestry Studio, which was closed by the time we got there. The tapestries are a work in progress so we were somewhat disappointed to have missed that.
What look like little cottages in the photograph are actually powder magazines. They were built about 1810 and later converted into mobilisation stores.
Just like the rest of castle rock the Nether Bailey has fantastic views of the surrounding countryside. From far outside the castle, the walls surrounding that area make that whole section look like a ship.