King Robert the Bruce Statue Bannockburn Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of a walk to the statue of King Robert the Bruce, with Scottish music, on ancestry visit to the battlefield at Bannockburn near Stirling. The cast bronze equestrian monument, featuring Bruce on his war horse carrying an axe. Robert the Bruce led the battle against the English at Bannockburn in 1314. The battle was a significant Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence, and a landmark in Scottish history. The statue was originally designed by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson who was born on 11 October 1887 at Garlenick near Grampound, Cornwall, England, the son of Ethel Katie D'Orville. She married Louis Pilkington Jackson soon after, who may be presumed to be Charles' father, leading him to adopt his name in later life. Charles attended the Edinburgh Institution from 1905 and the newly established Edinburgh College of Art in 1907. In 1911 he established himself in a studio with William MacDonald, a bronze founder. He was commissioned to create numerous memorials to famous Scots. He died in Edinburgh on the 20 September 1973. The Robert The Bruce statue was created using the actual measurements of Bruce's skull, re-discovered at Dunfermline Abbey in 1818, and was first unveiled by the Queen in 1964. The distance by road from Perth, Perthshire to Bannockburn is 41 miles

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