Staying In Stirling And A Selection Of Excellent Visitor Attractions to Visit
Stirling has featured strongly in the history of Scotland, especially during crucially important moments. In and around Stirling has an amazing selection of spectacular tourist attractions and a huge amount of places and monuments to photograph. In article that follows I discuss three places to visit in Stirling; Stirling Old Town Jail, Argyll's Lodging and Stirling Castle:
Stirling Castle
Two hundred and fifty feet above the city of Stirling, standing guard, and surrounded on three sides by shear cliffs is Stirling Castle. Stirling Castle is very important in the history of Scotland, there have been a number of coronations in the castle, including Mary Queen of Scots coronation in 1543. The castle was also witness to a horrifying murder in 1452. The 8th Earl of Douglas was victim to James II in 1452. Stirling Castle is the home of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, although they are, unfortunately no longer stationed there. However, the regimental museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, can be found in the castle.
Stirling Old Town Jail
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The Stirling Old Town Jail we see today is not the first jail in Stirling, for 400 years, Stirling's prisoners were secured in the Old Tollbooth Jail. This jail was dreadfully overcrowded, and smelt foul, with 24 prisoners to each cell, and no sanitary facilities. The Tollbooth jail was condemned, because of the awful living conditions there, and in 1847 the new jail opened. Although the jail was classed as a custodial jail, from 1888 to 1935, it was also the only military prison in Scotland. Today the Stirling Old Town Jail is a tourist attraction, and was only restored in the 1990's. As well as guided tours, there is a glass paneled elevator that rises to a viewing deck at the top of the jail. From here one is able to gaze out across the Forth Valley, and glance across at the Highland mountains.
Argyll's Lodging
Argyll's Lodging can be found on Castle Wynd, situated in the middle of Stirling and is Scotland's finest existing renaissance house. The house was constructed circa 1630, by Sir William Alexander, originator of Nova Scotia and Viscount Canada. Sir William Alexander who became 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 superbly restored and furnished, as they would have looked when the 9th Earl lived there, circa 1680.
If you are considering a vacation in Stirling you will find a large amount of online Stirling hotels and guest houses and you will find a broad range at http://stirling.hotelreservationhelper.com/
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