Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of the William Wallace sculpture on history visit and trip to the monument on Abbey Craig in Stirling, Britain, United Kingdom. A bronze sculpture of Wallace sits in a niche on the north west corner of the Monument, created by David Watson Stevenson, born 1842, died 1904. Installed in the early 1870s, the sculpture is 6m tall and weighs 2.5 tonnes. William Wallace was born around 1270, a Scottish noble who would become a legend. Fighting alongside Andrew Moray during the First War of Scottish Independence, he defeated English troops at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, but he was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298 by King Edward I, born 1239, died 1307. Wallace went on the run but was finally captured on 5th August 1305, handed over to the English by a fellow Scot. Wallace was then transported down to London, England, where he was tried as a treasonous war criminal. On 23rd August 1305 he met his gruesome end, being publicly hanged drawn and quartered at Smithfield. His limbs were displayed as a warning to would be rebels in Newcastle, Berwick, Stirling and Perth, and his tar dipped head was put on a spike on London Bridge. he surname Wallace was first found in Ayrshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland. Wallace has been spelled Wallace, Wallis, Wallys, Walace, Uallas in Gaelic, and others. The Clan Wallace is a Lowlands Scottish Clan. John Wallace, a Scottish convict from Aberdeen, was transported aboard the Andromeda on October 16, 1826, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia; Jane Wallace, Scottish convict was transported aboard the Amphitrite on August 21, 1833, settling in New South Wales, Australia; John Howard Wallace, aged 23, a mechanic, arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship Aurora in 1840; Martha Wallace, aged 23, arrived in Quebec, Canada, aboard the ship Atlas in 1815; Andrew Wallace landed in Virginia, America, in 1702; Eleanor, Elizabeth, George, Jane, William, and Mary Wallace all, who settled in South Carolina, America, in 1768; Andrew, Boyd, Daniel, Edward, Francis, George, Hugh, James, John, Michael, Patrick, Robert, Samuel, Thomas, and William Wallace all settled in Philadelphia, America, between 1820 and 1870. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome
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