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'Stirling Castle', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

'Stirling Castle', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

2-715-963 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Stirling Castle', 1890. There have been at least eight sieges at Stirling Castle dating c1110, when King Alexander I dedicated a chapel here. Because of its strategic importance, it changed hands several times between the English and the Scots during the Wars of Scottish Independence (1296-1357). From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Edmund Ollier: : author, journalist
  2. Cassell & Co: : Publisher, printer, lithographer, publishers, printers, lithographers
  3. Alexander I, King of Scotland: Scottish: King
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Landscape
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom Scotland Stirling Stirling

  1. 56 07 00 N , 003 57 00 W
Category Hierarchy

History & Politics War & Military Wars, Battles & Events

Locations & Buildings Castles

Artistic Representations Landscapes

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5796x3660
File Size : 62,149kb

Aliases

  1. 0580066145
  1. 2-715-963
  1. 2715963
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