Park, Causewayhead
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Park, Causewayhead
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 16 Oct 2010
The park is very popular and the autumnal colours are showing well on Abbey Craig. High above is the Wallace Monument. The tower was completed in 1869 to a design by John Rochead and built at a cost of £18,000. The 220 foot, sandstone monument is built on the alleged spot where William Wallace watched the English Army gather before the battle of Stirling Bridge. The battle of Stirling Bridge took place on 11th September 1297. The battle in which the Scots under William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeated the English army, inflicting heavy losses and briefly freeing most of Scotland from English rule. Moray was mortally wounded in the battle.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.137889
Longitude
-3.920546