Snowfall in Stirling

January 2017

I was fortunate enough to arrive in Stirling at the exact moment that the snow began to fall. When it all stopped there was roughly four centimetres of snow on the hillsides. The city is located in the centre of Scotland where the Lowlands end and the Highlands begin. Stirling straddles the River Firth and was historically of strategic importance.

Where the Highlands meet the Lowlands

Stirling is between the rugged Highland Boundary Fault to the North and the flat and fertile Carse of Sterling to the South. This photograph was taken from the Beheading Stone. 

Snowfall on Sterling

This photograph of the city was taken from Gowan Hill, between the River Firth and Stirling Castle.

Highland Gates, Wallace Monument, and Stirling Bridge

Sterling Bridge was the site of a major Scottish Victory in the First War of Scottish Independence in 1297. Andrew Moray and William Wallace combined their forces to defeat the English. The Monument to Wallace can be seen on Abbey Craig at the gateway to the Scottish Highlands. 
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Sun and Snow on the Wallace Monument

The National Wallace Monument on Abbey Craig from the Beheading Stone.