Fortified place · Medieval
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Stirling
Cambuskenneth Abbey, a provostry of canons regular on land enclosed by a meander of the River Forth near Stirling, was founded by order of King Dav…
- Near Stirling
- 263 metres from car park
Scotland · Region
Ancient places in Stirling
13 places in Stirling, from the deepest prehistory to the medieval world.
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Fortified place · Iron Age
Castle Law, Dumyat
Stirling
Dumyat is a hill (418 metres) at the western extremity of the Ochil Hills in central Scotland, with two principal summits: Castle Law on the west a…
- Near Blairlogie
- 947 metres from car park
- Some walking
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Building or ruin · Medieval
Inchmahome Priory
Stirling
The priory was founded in 1238 by Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, for a small community of Augustinian canons (the Black Canons). There is some evi…
- Near Port of Menteith
- 998 metres from car park
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Building or ruin · Medieval
Dunblane Cathedral
Stirling
A largely thirteenth-century cathedral whose ruined nave was rescued and re-roofed after three centuries of decay, it preserves both medieval fabri…
More places in Stirling
Briefer entries — recorded and worth knowing, with fuller pages to come.
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Minor monument · Medieval
Market Cross, The Cross, Doune
Stirling
Mercat cross with HES-listed pre-1800 evidence (1620).
- Easy path
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Sacred place · Medieval
Church of the Holy Rude
Stirling
It is one of very few churches in Britain to have witnessed a coronation, that of James VI in 1567, and preserves a rare medieval burgh church in n…
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Fortified place · Medieval
Doune Castle
Stirling
A remarkably complete late-medieval Scottish castle built by one of the most powerful nobles of his day, later a royal residence and a witness to t…
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Fortified place · Medieval
Stirling Castle
Stirling
Stirling Castle holds the finest surviving Renaissance royal architecture in the British Isles, raised by the Stewart kings on a crag that commande…
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