Photographic copy of drawing showing plan of outer defences depicting building phases. Not dated Signed: 'C S T Calder' Pen and ink, with scale

Description Photographic copy of drawing showing plan of outer defences depicting building phases. Not dated Signed: 'C S T Calder' Pen and ink, with scale

Date c. 1950

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

Catalogue Number STD 136/29 P

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copy of STD 136/29

Copies SC 800319

Scope and Content Photographic copy of plan of outer defences, Stirling Castle, Stirling This plan, probably drawn in the 1950s by C S T Calder, shows the barracks level of the outer defences as remodelled in 1708-14 to designs by Theodore Dury. The Spur Battery, on the right, survives from 1559. The ditch in front of the 18th-century works contains two caponiers, from which attackers can be shot. 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. 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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