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Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast figure
District
Stirling
Town
Stirling
County
Central
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Bannockburn Campaign (1314)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 24 June 1964
    Attended by: Her Majesty the Queen
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
83005

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Current location

Bannockburn Heritage Centre
Whins of Milton
behind the King Robert Hotel
Stirling
Stirling
Central
FK7 0PP
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 79488 90691
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Bronze figure of Robert the Bruce riding his horse on a stone plinth with a plaque detailing the dedication and a stone tablet in memory of Robert the Bruce. On a nearby wall are 3 further bronze dedication tablets.
Inscription
Tablet-ROBERT/THE/BRUCE/KING/OF/SCOTS Plaque-HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN/ACCOMPANIED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS/THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH/UNVEILED THIS STATUE OF/ROBERT THE BRUCE/KING OF SCOTS/ON THE 24TH OF JUNE 1964/THE 650TH ANNIVERSARY OF/THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN/SCULPTOR C d'OR PILKINGTON JACKSON Wall Plaque 1-FOR GOD AND ST ANDREW/ROBERT THE BRUCE KING OF SCOTS/PLANTED HIS STANDARD NEAR THIS SPOT/WHEN THE/SCOTTISH PATRIOTS/UNDER HIS COMMAND/VANQUISHED THE ARMY OF/EDWARD II OF ENGLAND AT/THE BATTLE OF/BANNOCKBURN/24TH JUNE 1314 Wall Plaque 2-WE FIGHT NOT FOR GLORY NOR FOR/WEALTH OR HONOUR BUT ONLY AND ALONE/WE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM WHICH NO/GOOD MAN SURREDNDERS BUT WITH HIS LIFE Wall Plaque 3-ERECTED BY A/PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/INAUGURATED BY THE/MERCHANT GUILD/OF STIRLING 1957
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Bannockburn Campaign (1314)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
National Trust for Scotoland
Reference

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