List of public art in Stirling

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This is a list of public art in Stirling , Scotland, and includes works in the Stirling council area. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Contents

Abbey Craig

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Stirling, UK - panoramio (3).jpg William Wallace The Wallace Monument, Abbey Craig 1869 David Watson Stevenson Wall-mounted statueBronzeCategory A [1]

Bannockburn

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Robert The Bruce - geograph.org.uk - 1193766.jpg
More images 		Statue of Robert the Bruce Bannockburn 1964 Pilkington Jackson Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory A Q17568248 [2] [3]

Balmaha

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Tom Weir statue.jpg
More images 		Tom Weir Balmaha 2014 Sean Hedges-Quinn StatueBronze [4]

Bridge of Allan

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Bridge of Allan War Memorial in the Pullar Memorial Park.jpg War memorialPullar Memorial Park, Bridge of Allan 1923John Stewart (architect)CenotaphStone [5]

Doune

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Doune mercat cross.JPG Mercat cross Doune c.1620Shaft on stepsCategory A [6] [7]
War memorialGeorge St., Doune 1922Pillar on pedestalStone [8]
Wfm david stirling statue.jpg
More images 		David Stirling and the Special Air Service Regiment Doune 2002 Angela Conner Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [9] [10] [11]

Dunblane

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
The war memorial by Allan Water - geograph.org.uk - 844669.jpg War memorialThe Haugh, beside Allan Water, Dunblane Cathedral 1921Cenotaph [12]

Sheriffmuir

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
The Clan MacRae Memorial, Sheriffmuir - geograph.org.uk - 352363.jpg
More images 		Clan MacRae Memorial Sheriffmuir, 2 miles east of Dunblane 1915Concave cairnStoneCategory B Q17837835 [13] [14]
Battle of Sheriffmuir memorial Sheriffmuir, 2 miles east of Dunblane Cylindrical cairn with plaqueStone [15]

Stirling

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Monument to Margaret Wilson (a Wigtown Martyr) - geograph.org.uk - 964954.jpg
More images 		Wigtown Martyrs monumentOld Town Cemetery, Stirling1859 Alexander Handyside Ritchie Statue groupMarbleGlass cupola by John Rochead added in 1867. [16] [17]
Henry Campbell-Bannerman- Close look (geograph 5697726).jpg
More images 		Statue of Henry Campbell-Bannerman Corn Exchange Road, Stirling1913 Paul Raphael Montford Statue on pedestalGraniteCategory B Q17842911 [18]
Robert Burns statue, Stirling - geograph.org.uk - 193714.jpg Robert Burns Dumbarton Road, Stirling 1914 Albert Hodge Statue on pedestal with plaquesBronze and stone [19]
Rob Roy's statue - geograph.org.uk - 1049178.jpg Rob Roy Stirling
War memorialCorn Exchange Road, Stirling1949George R DavidsonColumn7.3m high [20]

Stirling Castle

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Boer War Memorial, Stirling Castle - geograph.org.uk - 192295.jpg
More images 		Boer War Memorial Stirling Castle 1907Hubert PatonStatue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory C Q56646416 [21] [22]
Stirling Castle 20080505 Robert the Bruce.jpg
More images 		Statue of Robert the Bruce Stirling Castle 1877 George Cruikshank (designer),
Andrew Currie (sculptor).		Statue on pedestalStone with metal elementsCategory C [23]
James V statue, Stirling Castle.JPG James V Stirling Castle Statue in nicheStone

Strathblane

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial, Blanefield - geograph.org.uk - 61574.jpg War memorialGlasgow Road, Strathblane 1921Cross on pedestal and stepsStone [24]

Thornhill

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
War Memorial Thornhill - geograph.org.uk - 1544618.jpg War memorial Thornhill 1920Cross on cenotaphStone [25]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wallace Monument, Abbey Craig (Category A Listed Building) (LB41118)" . Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Rotunda, Memorial, Cairn, Flagpole and Statue of King Robert I (Category A Listed Building) (LB49860)" . Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Battle of Bannockburn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tom Weir statue plan for Loch Lomond banks on track". BBC News. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Bridge of Allan". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Archaeology Notes". CANMORE. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Market Cross The Cross (Category A Listed Building) (LB24671)" . Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Kilmadock Parish". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "War Memorials Register: David Stirling and SAS (Doune)". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Hush-hush tribute to SAS founder". The Daily Telegraph. 22 April 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  11. ↑ Patricia R. Andrew (2014). Chism In Time Scottish War Art and Artists in the Twentieth Century. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN   978 1 78027 190 3.
  12. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Dunblane and Lecropt Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Sheriffmuir, Macrae Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB3926)" . Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Clan Macrae at the Battle of Sheriffmuir". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "War Memorials Register: The Battle of Sheriffmuir". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  16. ↑ Iain Smith. "A Walk in the Past: History of the Martyr's Monument in Stirling". Stirling News. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  17. ↑ "Wigtown Martyrs Monument". Scottish Covenanteer Memorials Association. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  18. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, Monument to, Corn Exchange Road (Category B Listed Building) (LB41122)" . Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  19. ↑ Rhona Taylor (22 January 2020). "Six Scottish Robert Burns statues". Art UK. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  20. ↑ "War Memorials Register: The Men of Stirling". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  21. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlander's South African War Memorial, Stirling Castle Esplanade, Stirling (Category C Listed Building) (LB41117)" . Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  22. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Argyll and Sutherland Highlander's South African War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  23. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Robert the Bruce Statue, Stirling Castle Esplanade, Stirling (Category C Listed Building) (LB41120)" . Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  24. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Strathblane". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  25. ↑ "War Memorials Register: Thornhill". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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