Wallace Monument

Wallace Monument
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Standing on top of the wooded Abbey Craig, a volcanic 'crag-and-tail' feature to the east of Stirling, the Wallace Monument is a prominent feature of the landscape of Stirling Council Area. It was erected between 1861 and 1869 in honour of Scotland's national hero Sir William Wallace (d.1305) at a total cost of £15,000. Built of freestone quarried on and around the Craig and rising to 67m (220 feet), the monument was designed in the Scottish Baronial style by John T. Rochead of Glasgow (1814-78). However a controversy over the architectural competition which Rochhead had won and the bankruptcy of the contractor meant he never received his fee.

On show is the gigantic two-handed sword with which Wallace 'made great room about him.'

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