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Stirling Weekend Breaks And A Selection Of Worthy Places to Visit
Stirling has featured strongly in the history of Scotland, especially during important times. In and around Stirling has an incredible number of superb visitor attractions and masses of photographic opportunities. In article that follows I discuss 3 places to visit in Stirling; Stirling Castle, Argyll’s Lodging and Stirling Old Town Jail:
Stirling Castle
Sat 250 feet above the city of Stirling, and surrounded on three sides by shear cliffs is Stirling Castle. Stirling Castle is immensely important in Scotland’s history, there have been several coronations within the castle, including that of Mary Queen of Scots in 1543. The castle was also witness to a shocking murder in 1452. The eighth Earl of Douglas was victim to James II in 1452. Stirling Castle is the home of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, even though they are, sadly no longer stationed at the castle. However, the regimental museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, is located inside the castle.
Stirling Old Town Jail
The Stirling Old Town Jail we see today is not the original jail, for four hundred years, Stirling’s prisoners were housed in the Old Tollbooth Jail. This jail was dreadfully overcrowded, and smelt vile, with 24 prisoners in each cell, and zero sanitation. The Tollbooth jail was condemned, due to the awful living conditions there, and in 1847 the current jail was opened. Although the jail was classed as a custodial prison, from 1888 to 1935, it was also the only military prison in Scotland. Today the Stirling Old Town Jail is a visitor attraction, and was only renovated in the 1990′s. As well as guided tours, there is a glass paneled elevator that rises to a viewing platform at the very top of the jail. From this superb spot one is able to look out across the Forth Valley, and take in the spectacular view of the Highland mountains.
Argyll’s Lodging
Argyll’s Lodging can be found on Castle Wynd, located in the center of Stirling and is Scotland’s best surviving renaissance mansion. The house was constructed around 1630, by Sir William Alexander, founder of Nova Scotia and Viscount Canada. Sir William Alexander who was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland, and was then appointed the first Earl of Stirling. Argyll’s Lodging passed to the Argyll family on his death and was extended by the 9th Earl in 1666. The rooms which include the laigh hall, dining room, drawing room and bed chamber, have all been sympathetically restored and furnished, as they would have looked when the 9th Earl lived there, circa 1680.
If you are thinking about a city break in Stirling you will find plenty of online Stirling hotels and guest houses and you will find a massive selection at http://stirling.hotelreservationhelper.com/
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