Cannons and cannon balls at walls of Stirling Castle. These are replicas meant to show how it was during the actual times.
Black shiny cannons, replicas of the original cannons mounted on the walls of the Stirling Castle, with their own firing holes that minimize the risk of return fire hitting the cannons. These cannons are located as a part of the Grand Battery, providing defense support against those trying to attack the Castle. Now of course these cannons are only meant as showpieces. Scotland has a number of castles located all over the region, with the Stirling Castle being one of important ones out of them. It is also a site that attracts a large number of tourists, with the castle being maintained by an entity called Historic Scotland. During the middle ages, when the political history of Scotland was very active, Stirling Castle played a very strategic role. Many of the rulers of Scotland were crowned here, and the castle was also the site of many sieges during political struggles over the centuries. Stirling Castle is located at a very strategic location, atop a high point ensures that the castle overlooked high cliffs, making it easy to defend. It was also overlooking one of the crossings over the River Forth, and hence had strategic importance. The Castle sits at a site which is supposed to have had some sort of habitation from the 7th century AD, but archaeological evidence starts out with from around the early 12th century. During the latter part of the 13th century and the early stages of the 14th century, there was a battle between the Scots and the English, with the English king Edward I of England wanting to ensure his supremacy over Scotland and a war against this effort, with William 'Braveheart' Wallace being one of the most fighters against the English. There was a very famous battle of Stirling Bridge where the English were defeated by William Wallace and Andrew Moray. Over the next 100 years, the castle played a critical role and changed hands many times.
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Location: Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland, Great Britain, Europe
Photo credit: © Ashish Agarwal / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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