Stirling Castle, counter guard View of over port and over port battery

Description Stirling Castle, counter guard View of over port and over port battery

Date 1960

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number ST 1000

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 800300

Scope and Content New Port, Stirling Castle, Stirling, from east This view from the east, taken in about 1960, shows the 'New Port', the entrance to the castle through the new outer defences built in 1708-14 to designs by Theodore Dury. In the foreground is the ditch in front of the Port Battery, whose embrasures are above the entrance. The oldest surviving part of the castle dates from the late-14th century, and the palace constructed by James V is still largely intact. The Chapel Royal was added in 1594, and during the reign of Queen Anne the fortifications were upgraded, as seen here. It remained in military use until the 1960s, and has since been much restored and opened to the public under the care of Historic Scotland. Stirling Castle is strategically situated on the best route by land between lowland and highland Scotland, and the rock on which it sits has probably been inhabited since prehistoric times. It was both fortress and royal palace, and has some of the best of both types of architecture in Scotland. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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