Wallace monument

After packing up the van, two kids and two dogs we headed off for a walk around the Wallace Monument. The monument is a 67-metre (220 ft) sandstone tower, built in the Victorian Gothic style.

The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a volcanic crag above Cambuskenneth Abbey near Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish hero and is located where it was said that Wallace watched the gathering of the army of King Edward I of England, just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

The tower was constructed following a fundraising campaign, which accompanied a resurgence of Scottish national identity in the 19th century. It was funded through public and donor contributions. It was completed in 1869 to the designs of architect John Thomas Rochead at a cost of £18,000.