Castle of Stirling
The castle of Stirling is a historical castle located in the town of Stirling in Scotland. It was set up on the " hill of the château" ( the castle hill ), a volcanic peak, and is surrounded on three sides by cliffs with peak. The castle is monument national, and governed by Historic Scotland.
It shelters the district-general and the museum of the regiment Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , although this one is not based any more there.
The majority of the principal buildings of the castle date from the XV|15 e and XVI|16 e centuries, although some buildings of the XIV|14 e century was preserved. Defenses external facing the city date, they, of the beginning of the XVIII|18 e. With the XII|12 e century, the castle was besieged by Edouard Ier of England during its countryside in Scotland. The historians note that it is during this attack that Warwolf, largest Trébuchet ever built was used for the first time, and this with devastators effects.
The Bretèche, which defends the entry of the castle itself since external defenses, was set up by Jacques III of Scotland and
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