A Visit to Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle is the site of many great battles including the Battle of Stirling Bridge on 11 September 1297 depicted in the movie "Braveheart." An even more significant battle was Bannockburn where Robert the Bruce defeated the English army in the summer of 1314 and won Scottish independence. Between 1501 and 1504 James IV built the Great Hall, the imposing beige yellow building in the clip. Within the hall are on display replicas of the Medieval Tapestries from the Cloisters Museum in upper Manhattan. The clip shows the Tapestry studio at the castle where the replicas are painstakingly reproduced. Scotland and England were reunited by James VI, who succeeded Elizabeth I. He built the Chapel Royal in 1594 for the state christening of his son and heir Prince Henry The castle was occupied by the British Army from 1800 until 1964 and run as a barracks. It was the setting of the film "Tunes of Glory" in 1960.

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[punklass]

Its Stirling Castle not Sterling

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[jonahmcleodjr]

Hi, Thanks for the correction. My wife, who is Scottish, has given me no end of grief about this. :>)

[Honeybex]

When did you visit? The weather looks abit cold, I like cold though :)

[jonahmcleodjr]

We visited in November. It was cool but it rained nearly the whole three days we were there.

[bartekchalupka]

Great place and people my dad live i callander near Stirling....

Bartek from Poland

[jonahmcleodjr]

Bartek, thanks for you comment. Living nearby you probably get a chance to see the restoration ongoing at the castle more frequently than my wife and I. We see it typically in two or three year increments.

[rjs23565]

Most of the film "Tunes of Glory" was not made at Stirling Castle. Only the opening and closing scenes were shot in the Castle.

[btlim5163]

Hi there!

Wonderful video especially since I have recently been there too. Unfortunately, we only had time for lunch in town, but the castle was amazing.

Please have a look at my video. I hope you like it. Should you want to sub, I'll of course return the favour. Thanks in advance for commenting.

Greets from Netherlands

Bettina

[YARROWS]

Whoever redone that building wi the pink should be fired from one of the cannons.

[appleslice410]

@Dstirling100 Me also!

[appleslice410]

@Dstirling100 Me also!

[bigbuffler]

Either play the music or let us hear the commentary!

[ruarimacallister1]

Thank you for insulting my home city of STIRLING, not surprised really, yanks insensitive as ever to anyone elses cultures

[ruarimacallister1]

Thank you for insulting my home city its Stirling, its not Sterling, Sterling is the unit of currency fucking yanks yet again

[YARROWS]

They made a right arese o that pink building,it dosent look right,and as for those tits that built the modern bit on Edinburgh Castle they should be flung in the dungeon

[Dstirling100]

I am part of the stirling family!