Wallace Sites 2

WALLACE SITES - WEST OF SCOTLAND

West of Scotland:

B1. Caerlaverock Castle – besieged by Edward in July 1300.

B2. Lochmaben Castle – taken by Wallace in 1297.

B3. Cruggleton Castle – assaulted by Wallace in 1297.

B4. Cree Estuary – Edward skirmishes with the Scots, July 1300.

B5. Ayr – the Barns of Ayr, 1297. Two Wallace statues in the town.

B6. Auchencruive – a cairn to Wallace.

B7. Monkton – Wallace has a vision in a dream, 1297.

B8. Crawford or Lindsay Castle – burnt by Wallace, 1297.

B9. Lamington – home of Marion Braidfute.

B10. Biggar – Blind Harry has Wallace in battle.

B11. Quothquan – hill has a Wallace chair.

B12. Lanark – Wallace slew the sheriff, 1297. Wallace statue on the kirk.

B13. Kirkfieldbank – mentioned by Blind Harry. A Wallace oak stood here.

B14. Coalburn – Wallace cave.

B15. Loudoun Hill – Wallace and Bruce battles, site of Wallace's cairn.

B16. Riccarton – birthplace of Wallace's father. 'Bickering Bush' on Irvine Water.

B17. Barnweil Hill – a monument to Wallace stands here.

B18. Elderslie – site of Wallace's birthplace. Wallace Monument, Wallace Yew and oak, Wallace Well. Annual SOWW commemoration held here.

B19. Port Glasgow – Site of oak where Wallace was chained in 1305. Wallace Oak memorial raised by the Society in 2021.

B20. Dumbarton Castle – Wallace imprisoned overnight, 1305.

B21. Paisley Abbey – Wallace stained glass window. Wallace may have received some of his education here.

B22. Glasgow – Bishop Wishart's tomb in the Cathedral. Battle of the Bell o' the Brae c.1297, memorial raised by SOWW in 2016.

B23. Robroyston – Wallace captured here 1305. Memorial and Wallace Well, annual SOWW commemoration held at memorial.

B24. Rutherglen – Blind Harry mentions church here. SOWW plaques installed inside and outside kirk in February 2016, to commemorate where Menteith led the plot to betray Wallace.

B25. Bothwell Castle and Blantyre Priory

B26. Riggend - Wallace Stone, presumed en route to Falkirk, 1298.

B27. Dundaff – Sir John de Graeme's castle.

B28. Gargunnock – Wallace attacks peel in 1297.

B29. Stirling – site of Battle of Stirling Bridge, 1297 – annual commemoration held here. Wallace statue in town. One quarter of his body was displayed here – see entry for Cambuskenneth.

B30. Abbey Craigs - National Wallace Monument.

B31. Dunipace – Wallace's uncle was the priest here, helped raise Wallace.

B32. Airth Castle – Wallace rescues his uncle and kills garrison, c.1297.

B33. Falkirk – site of battle 1298. Several monuments in town, pillar at the Wallace Stone. Monument erected by SOWW in 2007, commemoration held annually.

B34. Glen Ellrig – alternative Falkirk battle site, standing stone.

B35. River Avon – Wallace Cave.

B36. Pass of Brander – Wallace battle in 1297.

B37. Ardchattan Priory – Wallace held a council here c.1297.

Not on the map:
Cambuskenneth Abbey – stone allegedly marking where monks from the Abbey buried the displayed quarter of Wallace's body following his judicial murder in 1305, to ensure at least part of him received a Christian burial.

Torwood - site of (now gone) oak where Wallace and his companions camped during their campaigns.

Hunterston Castle - Now host to the remains of the Wallace Oak from Port Glasgow.

The Society of William Wallace is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registration number SC045959