Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
Stirling is a city in central Scotland. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants and tradesmen, the bridge and the port. Located on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town of Stirlingshire. Proverbially it is the strategically important Gateway to the Highlands. It has been said that Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together. Similarly he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland is often quoted. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth, made it a focal point for travel north or south. When Stirling was temporarily under Anglo-Saxon sway, according to a 9th-century legend, it was attacked by Danish invaders. The sound of a wolf roused a sentry, however, who alerted his garrison, which forced a Viking retreat. This led to the wolf being adopted as a symbol of the town as is shown on the 1511 Stirling Jug. The area is today known as Wolfcraig. Even today the wolf appears with a goshawk on the council's coat of arms along with the recently chosen motto: Steadfast as the Rock. Once the capital of Scotland, Stirling is visually dominated by Stirling Castle. Stirling also has a medieval parish church, the Church of the Holy Rude, where, on 29 July 1567, the infant James VI was anointed King of Scots by the Bishop of Orkney with the service concluding after a sermon by John Knox. The poet King was educated by George Buchanan and grew up in Stirling. He was later also crowned King of England and Ireland on 25 July 1603, bringing closer the countries of the United Kingdom. Modern Stirling is a centre for local government, higher education, tourism, retail, and industry. The mid-2012 census estimate for the population of the city is 36,440; the wider Stirling council area has a population of about 93,750. One of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, Stirling was created a royal burgh by King David I in 1130. In 2002, as part of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee, Stirling was granted city status.
Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. It is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position. Its strategic location, guarding what was, until the 1890s, the farthest downstream crossing of the River Forth, has made it an important fortification in the region from the earliest times. Most of the principal buildings of the castle date from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A few structures of the fourteenth century remain, while the outer defences fronting the town date from the early eighteenth century. Before the union with England, Stirling Castle was also one of the most used of the many Scottish royal residences, very much a palace as well as a fortress. Several Scottish Kings and Queens have been crowned at Stirling, including Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1542, and others were born or died there. There have been at least eight sieges of Stirling Castle, including several during the Wars of Scottish Independence, with the last being in 1746, when Bonnie Prince Charlie unsuccessfully tried to take the castle. Stirling Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and is now a tourist attraction managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
Stirling Castle - Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Stirling Castle
This famous castle is best known as the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots.
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- ... While there we visited Stirling Castle, which actually kicks Edinburgh Castle 's ass ...
- ... However, once up there, I was glad that I had made the tough ascent as the views over Stirling and Stirling Castle were fantastic ...
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- First view of Stirling Castle by Traveled from a blog titled A bit o' ScOttish hist'ry
- Gigi at Stirling Castle by Koltzoo from a blog titled Stirling And the Tattoo
- Stirling castle 09 by Clintonb from a blog titled Lost trying to find the castle
- Stirling Castle by Katenjosh from a blog titled Stirling
- Stirling Castle by Sharon1306 from a blog titled Stirling - hound dogs, ghosts and another castle
- Stirling Castle by Koltzoo from a blog titled Stirling And the Tattoo
- Stirling castle by Bn.trek from a blog titled Here's looking up your Kilt...
Places to see in ( Stirling - UK )
Places to see in ( Stirling - UK )
Stirling is a city in central Scotland. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants and tradesmen, the bridge and the port. ocated on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town of Stirlingshire. Proverbially it is the strategically important Gateway to the Highlands. It has been said that Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together. Similarly he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland is often quoted. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth, made it a focal point for travel north or south.
Once the capital of Scotland, Stirling is visually dominated by Stirling Castle. Stirling also has a medieval parish church, the Church of the Holy Rude, where, on 29 July 1567, the infant James VI was anointed King of Scots by the Bishop of Orkney with the service concluding after a sermon by John Knox.[14] The poet King was educated by George Buchanan and grew up in Stirling. He was later also crowned King of England and Ireland on 25 July 1603, bringing closer the countries of the United Kingdom. Modern Stirling is a centre for local government, higher education, tourism, retail, and industry.
Stirling is renowned as the Gateway to the Highlands and is generally regarded as occupying a strategic position at the point where the flatter, largely undulating Scottish Lowlands meet the rugged slopes of the Highlands along the Highland Boundary Fault. Top of the Town consists of Broad Street, Castle Wynd, Ballengeich Pass, Lower Castle Hill Road, Darnley Street, Baker Street ( formerly Baxters St) and St Mary's Wynd. These streets all lead up to Stirling Castle and are the favourite haunt of tourists who stop off at the Old Town Jail, Mar's Wark, Argyll's Lodging and the castle. Ballengeich Pass leads to the graveyard at Ballengeich and the Castle Wynd winds past the old graveyard. The Top of the Town from Broad Street upwards is renowned for its cobblestoned roads, and cars can be heard rattling over the cobblestones on the way down. Craft shops and tourist-focused shops are evident on the way up and once at the top, panoramic views are available across Stirling and beyond. Other Areas of Stirling include :
Abbey Craig
Airthrey
Allan Park
Bannockburn
Borestone
Braehead
Broomridge
Burghmuir
Cambusbarron
Cambuskenneth
Causewayhead
Chartershall
Corn Exchange
Cornton
Coxethill
Craigmill
Craig Leith
Cultenhove
Forthbank
Gillies Hill
Gowan Hill
Hillpark
Kenningknowes
Kildean
King's Park
Laurelhill
Livilands
Loanhead
Mercat Cross
Raploch
Randolphfield
Riverside
Spittal Hill
Springkerse
St. Ninians
Torbrex
Whins of Milton
Viewforth
Alot to see in ( Stirling - UK ) such as :
Wallace Monument
Stirling Castle
Blair Drummond Safari Park
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Argyll's Lodging
Church of the Holy Rude
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Macrobert Arts Centre
Falls of Falloch
Abbey Craig
Doune Castle
Stirling Old Town Jail
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum
Dunblane Cathedral
Mar's Wark
King's Park
The Pineapple
Alloa Tower
Airthrey Castle
Briarlands Farm
Causewayhead Park
Menstrie Castle
Robert the Bruce Statue
Herbertshire Castle
Plean Country Park
Elphinstone Tower, Falkirk
Gillies Hill
Tappoch Broch
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Places to see in ( Stirling - UK ) Stirling Castle
Places to see in ( Stirling - UK ) Stirling Castle
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. Stirling Castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. Stirling Castle is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position.
Stirling Castle strategic location, guarding what was, until the 1890s, the farthest downstream crossing of the River Forth, has made it an important fortification from the earliest times. Most of the principal buildings of the Stirling Castle date from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A few structures of the fourteenth century remain, while the outer defences fronting the town date from the early eighteenth century.
Before the union with England, Stirling Castle was also one of the most used of the many Scottish royal residences, very much a palace as well as a fortress. Several Scottish Kings and Queens have been crowned at Stirling, including Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1542, and others were born or died there. There have been at least eight sieges of Stirling Castle, including several during the Wars of Scottish Independence, with the last being in 1746, when Bonnie Prince Charlie unsuccessfully tried to take the castle. Stirling Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and is now a tourist attraction managed by Historic Scotland.
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Argyll's Lodging - Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Argyll's Lodging Stirling
Scotland's finest 17th-century mansion.
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- Le grand escalier d'Argyll's Lodging by Jfroy from a blog titled Première journée de pluie
- Interior Argyll's Lodging by Thevances from a blog titled Day Thirteen
- Argyll's Lodging by Davefrendy from a blog titled Stirling Castle
- Argyll's Lodging by Jfroy from a blog titled Première journée de pluie
- Argyll's lodging by Thevances from a blog titled Day Twelve
Tourism in Stirling
Tourism video made for article by The Divide.
Model Cars and Trains with Stirling Engines | Made in Germany
Today more and more technology is becoming invisible, and we can only see how things work through computer graphics. Hermann Böhm had the idea of showing us what they're missing. In his model cars and trains, you can see the parts moving.
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Stirling City Centre and Stephenson Avenue Extension
Learn about the City of Stirling’s exciting Stirling City Centre vision, and the first stage of its delivery, the Stephenson Avenue Extension Project.
From SNP to Conservative: views from Stirling - BBC Newsnight
Kirsty Wark reports from Stirling, Ruth Davidson's new stronghold, to find out what made voters swing from the SNP to the Conservatives.
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Cambridge Stirling Engine
This video documents the work undertaken to use an engine originally conceived and built by Allan Organ and Cambridge University in the early 1990's. I understand David Rix did a lot of the original detailed design. It was subsequently redesigned and rebuilt by the late Geoff Bartlett of the Stirling Engine Society in the U.K. This work increased the bore from 50mm to 130mm but maintained the 25mm stroke.
The video shows the challenges of making a burner (it came without one) and sorting out various leaks which also involved making a new top end (plate with hot tubes). The guys at Kepston did however furnace braze the old one, which although untested, looks like all the holes which were not even visible have been filled because there is tell-tale copper-coloured staining on the underside. The new one was brazed with a nickel-based braze so wouldn't have stained.
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Norris Bomford
Andrew Hall
Keith Broomfield
Julian Wood
Tony Smith and Alan McCracken at Kepston Ltd (furnace brazing)
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Tornado Stirling Scotland very rare.
Clearly a tornado filmed over stirling hills there was two but got this one as it made a touch down for over a minit.
This is very rare for scotland to get a tornado theres only 2 or three filmed in scotland this one makes it to ground.
Motorsport legends celebrate Sir Stirling Moss's 90th birthday at Goodwood Revival
#GoodwoodRevival honours the legacy of Sir Stirling Moss, a trailblazing legend of British motorsport and the man at the heart of everything we do at Goodwood, through a heartfelt address from the Duke of Richmond and a parade of the classic vehicles that made him the hero we know today. This incredible parade featured Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen, Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti, NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon, 5x Le Mans champion Derek Bell and Stirling's loving wife Susie.
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Matt Stirling stuns the Judges with incredible movie magic | Auditions | BGT 2019
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We've had plenty of magicians on the Britain's Got Talent stage, but only a few have well and truly surprised the Judges. Matt Stirling is one of them.
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Stirling Engine with Generator
Shows a homemade Stirling Engine with generator, 3 power piston, 3.3125 stroke. Generator is a permanent magnet motor producing 16vdc, suitable for charging 12v batteries. Sprocket on engine 23T on generator 18T
Braveheart (1995) - The Battle of Stirling (infantry)
The first major battle in the movie Braveheart directed by Mel Gibson. This scene shows the infantry charge just after William Wallace and his band of Scottish rebels defeat the English heavy cavalry.
Stirling Moss At Home (1958)
Tring, Hertfordshire.
M/S of a pair of hands working on a model car, he dabs glue on the bottom. M/S of the owner of the hands, he is racing driver Stirling Moss who is sat by a model race track, C/U of his hands working on the car again. M/S of Stirling and his wife Katie sat down, he puts the car on the track. He takes a coin out of his pocket and tosses it, it is clear that Katie has won as he pretends to threaten to slap her, they line the cars up. C/U of their fingers pushing the buttons on the little control panel, M/S as the cars race away.
The narrator explains that Katie bought him this electric track for his 29th birthday. L/S of the cars racing round the track with Stirling and Katie sat at the end, C/U of the cars which are neck and neck. Various shots of the race and their hands controlling the cars via the buttons. Stirling's model car is a Ferrari and Katie's is a Maserati, various shots of the race, Stirling's car is winning. C/U of his face, M/S as the cars race round. C/U of Katie's face as she smiles and looks excited at the race. Various shots of the race and the couple. L/S of the track, Stirling's father, Alfred Moss, comes into the frame and sits down by the fireplace to watch. C/U of Alfred cheering the cars on. L/S from above of the track with the cars racing round. M/S as Stirling wins the race and slaps his wife on the arm in triumph, she hits his knee and they both laugh. Alfred presents him with a little wooden cup, C/U of the cup.
L/S of the living room, Stirling comes in and puts the cup on the table, he sits down on the sofa and turns on a lamp. He then picks up a model car and starts to work on it. M/S as he works, M/S of the table with various pieces of car on it. C/U as he uses a sharp tool to mould the chassis of a car, C/U of his face as he works. M/S of five different model cars placed round the little wooden cup. C/U of a little yellow car.
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Secrets Of Stirling Castle Documentary
Perched high on a volcanic crag overlooking the River Forth, Stirling has long been one of the most strategically important castles in Britain. Guarding the gateway to the Highlands, its battle-scarred walls have witnessed savagery and chivalry, intrigue, alchemy, adultery and murder. With the aid of location filming, aerial shots and dramatic reconstructions, Dan Jones examines the history of this stronghold and relates the stories of some of the powerful characters who have owned it over the centuries.
Secrets of Great British Castles: Series 1 Historian Dan Jones explores the turbulent history behind six of Britain’s most famous castles: Dover, the Tower of London, Warwick, Caernarfon and Stirling. Behind the walls of these celebrated strongholds are stories of intrigue, drama, romance, rebellion, and murder. Dan Jones recounts some of the many classic tales from 1000 years of British history, featuring a stellar cast of kings, queens, rogues, rebels, victims and villains.
Secrets of Great British Castles: Series 1 Episode 5
United Stirling P40 Stirling Engine. 40Kw Output
Big Stirling Engine
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