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A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF STIRLING IN THE
SCOTTISH WARS OF
INDEPENDENCE, 1286 – 1328.
MEDIEVAL MAP OF SCOTLAND
THIS MAP SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE THAT PEOPLE PLACED ON STIRLING DURING THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD…
STIRLING BRIDGE WAS SEEN AS THE PLACE WHERE THE HIGHLANDS AND THE LOWLANDS MET…
IT WAS THE GATEWAY TO THE
NORTH
“HE WHO HOLDS STIRLING HOLDS SCOTLAND!!!”
“HE WHO HOLDS STIRLING HOLDS SCOTLAND!!!”
WILLIAM WALLACE
ROBERT THE BRUCE
HMMMM, HE WHO
HOLDS STIRLING
WOULD INDEED HOLD
SCOTLAND….!
EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND 1272 -
1307
FOR THIS REASON,
ON 11TH SEPTEMBER
1297, THE ARMY OF
EDWARD I AND THE
ARMY OF WILLIAM
WALLACE MET AT
THE BATTLE OF
STIRLING BRIDGE…
Date11 September
1297
Location Stirling Bridge
Result Scottish victoryArmies
Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of England
Commanders and leadersWilliam Wallace
Andrew de MorayJohn de Warenne
Hugh de Cressingham
Strength
2,300 men-300 cavalry
2,000 infantry
9,000 – 13,000 men
1,000 – 3,000 cavalry
8,000 – 10,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
Unknown100 cavalry killed
5,000 infantry killed
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