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