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  • Engraving of Robert Burns riding a very small white pony

    “Castle bagging” with Robert Burns

    10 January 2025, Heritage, History, Site Stories, Stirling Castle
  • A photo of a fireplace at Stirling Castle and archive images of James VI as a child, Mary Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley and Buchanan who tutored the young James VI.

    The Prince in the Tower: James VI and I’s Childhood at Stirling Castle

    18 November 2024, History, Stirling Castle, Who are you?
  • palace wall and tree at night lit up in red

    The Stewarts and the Supernatural

    28 October 2024, History, Mary Queen of Scots, Stirling Castle, Supernatural and Folklore
  • An open walkway leads to some steps and a door. On the left is a view over the landscape. On the right is a castle wall with barred windows and carved decoration.

    The Prince’s Tower: Homeschooling at Stirling Castle

    25 September 2024, Stirling Castle
  • Crop of the illustration of the ship banquet at Stirling Castle.

    A Royal Ceremony: The Baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle

    30 August 2024, History, Stirling Castle
  • Stirling Castle: A Family Home through the Ages

    08 May 2024, History, Mary Queen of Scots, Stirling Castle
  • A digital image showing soldiers gathered around a the War Wolf, an enormous catapult which has just fired at Stirling Castle. A fire is burning within the castle and black smoke is creating a flume into the sky.

    The War Wolf at Stirling Castle

    22 April 2024, History, Stirling Castle
  • A drawing of the outer defences, Stirling Castle.

    Stirling Castle and the 1820 ‘Radical Rising’

    05 April 2024, History, Stirling Castle
  • Burgundians, ready? Scots, ready? A Tournament at Stirling Castle

    05 April 2024, History, Stirling Castle
  • An illustration showing Mary of Guelders giving alms

    Mary of Guelders: A Charitable Queen

    28 March 2024, History, Stirling Castle, Women's History
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