Stirling Castle Graveyard

There are few places in the UK that I will visit over and over, no matter how many times I have been, and towards the top of the list is Stirling Castle in Scotland. It is similar to Edinburgh Castle, sitting on the top of the city as a castle fortress.




Many battles and ghost stories here....but , for this audience, I will focus on to the graveyard.


Below the castle is an very old (in US terms) graveyard full of incredible tombstones.





























For the front yard I plan to create something close to these monuments - definitely Chris Follies :)



































Completely unrelated....
For those of you going there or have been here in the last 8 years.....I have to agree with almost every local that I have talked to. The limewash on the Great Hall looks out of place. I know they restored the great hall to its original look, but it just looks like they put stucco on the building....:(













Comments

  1. AntipaladinDecember 1, 2008 at 3:27 PM

    *sigh*
    Do have any idea how much effing foam it's gonna take to do that castle?!
    Fine, fine... when do we start?

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  2. Chris 'Frog Queen' DavisDecember 2, 2008 at 12:05 PM

    Nice to know that if I ever want to build a castle out of foam - you are up for it :)

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  3. Mike C.September 4, 2010 at 11:21 PM

    I remember walking through there with my wife for hours one evening... left about 20 min after sundown. Pure magic. A wonderful set of memories came flooding back, thanks for the trip!

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