PaulOfHorsham's photos

Great Hall window

17 Sep 2017 133
The Great Hall is brightly coloured - here's a couple of carvings above one of the windows

Stirling Castle Palace

17 Sep 2017 145
Visitors wander through a series of rooms within the Palace, decorated and furnished to resemble the appearance in the 1540s

Palace ceiling

17 Sep 2017 139
Can't remember which room this is, but I did note the elaborately decorated ceiling

Inside the Palace

17 Sep 2017 153
One of the rooms in the Palace part of Stirling Castle

Outer Close

17 Sep 2017 154
A view towards the Ochil Hills

Stirling Castle

17 Sep 2017 2 136
The main entrance to the castle, leading through to the Outer Close

Queen Anne Garden

17 Sep 2017 157
You can wander round buildings, courtyards and gardens

King's Knot Queen's Knot

17 Sep 2017 134
The King's Knot & Queen's Knot were part of the formal gardens of Stirling Castle

Cannon view

17 Sep 2017 148
High on a crag, the castle looks out over plains below

Star Pyramid

17 Sep 2017 2 169
An unexpected find! Commissioned by William Drummond around 1863 and built in the same year by a well-known local stone mason and sculpture, William Barclay. It is also known as the Martyrs Monument and occasionally as Salem Rock (source: Britain Explorer website )

Broad Street

17 Sep 2017 163
In Stirling's old town, heading down the hill from the castle. This is where a weekly market used to be held. Obviously, the bins and satellite dishes don't exactly enhance the scene, but there's no airbrushing here.

Abbey Craig

17 Sep 2017 1 163
A view of the Wallace Monument from outside Stirling Castle

Kingairloch and Loch Linnhe

Castle Stalker

13 Sep 2017 1 2 200
Open for small groups of visitors over the summer - access is by boat.

Port Appin Lighthouse and Kingairloch

Port Appin Lighthouse

13 Sep 2017 139
Also known as Sgeir Bhuidhe lighthouse, this is a relatively new structure replacing the original, but in a traditional style.

Beinn Donn

13 Sep 2017 142
A peak of just 473 metres, overlooking the Strath of Appin

Roofline

16 Sep 2017 127
Looking up towards the top of the Crown (as it seems to be called)

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