Stirling City Heritage Trust
@stirlingcht.bsky.social
Dedicated to maintaining Stirling's Heritage. We Deliver the Traditional Buildings Health Check in Stirling.
There are many other buildings with clocks around Stirling, include:
🕑The Athenaeum, which opened in 1817 as a private library.
🕕The Municipal Buildings, which were designed by John Gaff Gillespie and opened in 1918.
🕗The 19th century Stirling High School, now a hotel, designed by James MacLaren.
🕑The Athenaeum, which opened in 1817 as a private library.
🕕The Municipal Buildings, which were designed by John Gaff Gillespie and opened in 1918.
🕗The 19th century Stirling High School, now a hotel, designed by James MacLaren.
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
There are many other buildings with clocks around Stirling, include:
🕑The Athenaeum, which opened in 1817 as a private library.
🕕The Municipal Buildings, which were designed by John Gaff Gillespie and opened in 1918.
🕗The 19th century Stirling High School, now a hotel, designed by James MacLaren.
🕑The Athenaeum, which opened in 1817 as a private library.
🕕The Municipal Buildings, which were designed by John Gaff Gillespie and opened in 1918.
🕗The 19th century Stirling High School, now a hotel, designed by James MacLaren.
The clock on the Tolbooth tower is an important feature of one of Stirling’s oldest buildings and was designed and manufactured by Duncan Kerr of Falkirk, we captured some excellent images of it recently when we conducted a drone inspection of the building.
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The clock on the Tolbooth tower is an important feature of one of Stirling’s oldest buildings and was designed and manufactured by Duncan Kerr of Falkirk, we captured some excellent images of it recently when we conducted a drone inspection of the building.
This weekend the clocks fall back, and we all get an extra hour of sleep, so we’re taking a look at some of the clocks which can be seen on buildings in Stirling City Centre.
Perhaps the most striking and colourful clock can be seen on the Tolbooth tower.
Perhaps the most striking and colourful clock can be seen on the Tolbooth tower.
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This weekend the clocks fall back, and we all get an extra hour of sleep, so we’re taking a look at some of the clocks which can be seen on buildings in Stirling City Centre.
Perhaps the most striking and colourful clock can be seen on the Tolbooth tower.
Perhaps the most striking and colourful clock can be seen on the Tolbooth tower.
#HaveYourSay: Historic Environment Scotland has published its draft strategy for Properties and Collections: Towards Sustainable Stewardship.
The strategy outlines HES's plans for caring for and protecting its properties and collection in the long term.
The strategy outlines HES's plans for caring for and protecting its properties and collection in the long term.
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#HaveYourSay: Historic Environment Scotland has published its draft strategy for Properties and Collections: Towards Sustainable Stewardship.
The strategy outlines HES's plans for caring for and protecting its properties and collection in the long term.
The strategy outlines HES's plans for caring for and protecting its properties and collection in the long term.
As we unbatten the hatches after #StormAmy, now is an important time to take a look at the exposed areas of your property.
⚠️Are there any slipped or damaged slates?
⚠️ Are the gutters and downpipes secure and draining properly?
⚠️ Is there any water ingress inside the property?
⚠️Are there any slipped or damaged slates?
⚠️ Are the gutters and downpipes secure and draining properly?
⚠️ Is there any water ingress inside the property?
October 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As we unbatten the hatches after #StormAmy, now is an important time to take a look at the exposed areas of your property.
⚠️Are there any slipped or damaged slates?
⚠️ Are the gutters and downpipes secure and draining properly?
⚠️ Is there any water ingress inside the property?
⚠️Are there any slipped or damaged slates?
⚠️ Are the gutters and downpipes secure and draining properly?
⚠️ Is there any water ingress inside the property?
It's #BloodyScotland this weekend, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival. To mark the occasion we're taking a look at two of Stirling's historic jails, the Tolbooth Stirling and the Stirling Old Town Jail.
📷 Drone photo of Stirling Old Town Jail
📷 Drone photo of Stirling Old Town Jail
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's #BloodyScotland this weekend, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival. To mark the occasion we're taking a look at two of Stirling's historic jails, the Tolbooth Stirling and the Stirling Old Town Jail.
📷 Drone photo of Stirling Old Town Jail
📷 Drone photo of Stirling Old Town Jail
This #WorldPhotographyDay we’re highlighting the work of Stirling’s pioneering 19th & 20th century photographers. We’re indebted to them in particular for their street photography.
📸 Barnton Street, 1890s by Sgt Mackenzie. Courtesy of The Stirling Smith
📸 Barnton Street, 1890s by Sgt Mackenzie. Courtesy of The Stirling Smith
August 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This #WorldPhotographyDay we’re highlighting the work of Stirling’s pioneering 19th & 20th century photographers. We’re indebted to them in particular for their street photography.
📸 Barnton Street, 1890s by Sgt Mackenzie. Courtesy of The Stirling Smith
📸 Barnton Street, 1890s by Sgt Mackenzie. Courtesy of The Stirling Smith
Did you know that you can find the grave of one of Scotland’s pioneering female archaeologists’ in the Stirling’s Old Town Cemetery?
Christian MacLagan was born near Denny, Stirlingshire, in 1811, she conducted pioneering studies of the ancient landscape.
#adayinarchaeology #FestivalofArchaeology
Christian MacLagan was born near Denny, Stirlingshire, in 1811, she conducted pioneering studies of the ancient landscape.
#adayinarchaeology #FestivalofArchaeology
July 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you know that you can find the grave of one of Scotland’s pioneering female archaeologists’ in the Stirling’s Old Town Cemetery?
Christian MacLagan was born near Denny, Stirlingshire, in 1811, she conducted pioneering studies of the ancient landscape.
#adayinarchaeology #FestivalofArchaeology
Christian MacLagan was born near Denny, Stirlingshire, in 1811, she conducted pioneering studies of the ancient landscape.
#adayinarchaeology #FestivalofArchaeology
Running out of free summer holiday activities? We've just restocked Stirling Central Library with our David Galletly illustrated Family Heritage Trail for Stirling City Centre.
Follow the trail to learn all about the history of the city and complete a codebreaker word scramble.
Follow the trail to learn all about the history of the city and complete a codebreaker word scramble.
July 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Running out of free summer holiday activities? We've just restocked Stirling Central Library with our David Galletly illustrated Family Heritage Trail for Stirling City Centre.
Follow the trail to learn all about the history of the city and complete a codebreaker word scramble.
Follow the trail to learn all about the history of the city and complete a codebreaker word scramble.
On the tower, an inscription and pair of scissors pays tribute to Robert Spittal and a medallion resembling the castle’s famous Stirling Heads features a portrait of the merchant John Cowane, both renowned local philanthropists.
Next time you wander past see if you spot all of these.
Next time you wander past see if you spot all of these.
July 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
On the tower, an inscription and pair of scissors pays tribute to Robert Spittal and a medallion resembling the castle’s famous Stirling Heads features a portrait of the merchant John Cowane, both renowned local philanthropists.
Next time you wander past see if you spot all of these.
Next time you wander past see if you spot all of these.
The façade has a number of sculptures and carvings which relate to the history of Stirling. A sculpture of Mary Queen of Scots sits above those of a cleric and a warrior, carved by sculptor A W Young. His initials, as well as the builders, William Gourlay, can also be spotted on the façade.
July 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The façade has a number of sculptures and carvings which relate to the history of Stirling. A sculpture of Mary Queen of Scots sits above those of a cleric and a warrior, carved by sculptor A W Young. His initials, as well as the builders, William Gourlay, can also be spotted on the façade.
Built on the site of the old Corn Exchange, Stirling’s new Municipal Buildings were designed by John Gillespie, who would later become a partner in the renowned Glasgow-based architecture firm Gillespie, Kidd & Coia.
July 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Built on the site of the old Corn Exchange, Stirling’s new Municipal Buildings were designed by John Gillespie, who would later become a partner in the renowned Glasgow-based architecture firm Gillespie, Kidd & Coia.
#OnThisDay the foundation stone for Stirling’s Municipal Buildings was laid by King George V in 1914, but less than one month later on August 4th Britain declared war on Germany and the First World War began, delaying construction.
July 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#OnThisDay the foundation stone for Stirling’s Municipal Buildings was laid by King George V in 1914, but less than one month later on August 4th Britain declared war on Germany and the First World War began, delaying construction.
These photographs for the @smithmuseum.bsky.social feature the Back Walk Butt Well (which was originally known as the Spout Well).
Head over to our blog to find out about it and the St Ninian’s Well that is now a scheduled monument:bit.ly/SCHTblogwells
Head over to our blog to find out about it and the St Ninian’s Well that is now a scheduled monument:bit.ly/SCHTblogwells
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
These photographs for the @smithmuseum.bsky.social feature the Back Walk Butt Well (which was originally known as the Spout Well).
Head over to our blog to find out about it and the St Ninian’s Well that is now a scheduled monument:bit.ly/SCHTblogwells
Head over to our blog to find out about it and the St Ninian’s Well that is now a scheduled monument:bit.ly/SCHTblogwells
Staying hydrated is important during the summer months. Today water bottle refill points are ubiquitous throughout the country, back in the 18th & 19th century Stirling one of the ways they stayed hydrated was through ancient wells. Some of them still survive today.
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Staying hydrated is important during the summer months. Today water bottle refill points are ubiquitous throughout the country, back in the 18th & 19th century Stirling one of the ways they stayed hydrated was through ancient wells. Some of them still survive today.
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
The fabulous photos featured in this thread from the @smithmuseum.bsky.social collection were taken during the construction and opening of the Battle of Bannockburn memorial in 1964 for the 650th anniversary of the battle.
June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The fabulous photos featured in this thread from the @smithmuseum.bsky.social collection were taken during the construction and opening of the Battle of Bannockburn memorial in 1964 for the 650th anniversary of the battle.
The exhausting 2-day battle took place on the 23rd - 24th June and ended in a great victory for the Scots, largely won through the deployment of defensive schiltrons, a shield wall of soldiers armed with pikes, and use of the boggy battlefield to their advantage.
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The exhausting 2-day battle took place on the 23rd - 24th June and ended in a great victory for the Scots, largely won through the deployment of defensive schiltrons, a shield wall of soldiers armed with pikes, and use of the boggy battlefield to their advantage.
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
He gathered around 25,000 infantry soldiers and 2,000 horses from across England, Ireland and Wales, whilst Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, had a much smaller force made up of only 6,000 Scots infantrymen.
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He gathered around 25,000 infantry soldiers and 2,000 horses from across England, Ireland and Wales, whilst Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, had a much smaller force made up of only 6,000 Scots infantrymen.
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
In 1314, Stirling Castle was controlled by King Edward II of England and his forces but was under siege by the Scots. Determined to relieve his forces in the Castle, Edward II assembled the largest army to ever invade Scotland.
#OnThisDay
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
#OnThisDay
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In 1314, Stirling Castle was controlled by King Edward II of England and his forces but was under siege by the Scots. Determined to relieve his forces in the Castle, Edward II assembled the largest army to ever invade Scotland.
#OnThisDay
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
#OnThisDay
📷 @smithmuseum.bsky.social
Looking for free things to do with the kids over the Holidays? We've created an Family Heritage Trail for Stirling City Centre, learn all about the history of the city and complete a codebreaker word scramble.
Pick-up the trail for free at Stirling Central Library
Pick-up the trail for free at Stirling Central Library
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Looking for free things to do with the kids over the Holidays? We've created an Family Heritage Trail for Stirling City Centre, learn all about the history of the city and complete a codebreaker word scramble.
Pick-up the trail for free at Stirling Central Library
Pick-up the trail for free at Stirling Central Library
Yesterday we were pleased to attend the Historic Environment Scotland Designations Strategy Event at Longmore House in Edinburgh. Facilitated by BEFS, attendees had positive discussions about the draft strategy and the future of designations.
June 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yesterday we were pleased to attend the Historic Environment Scotland Designations Strategy Event at Longmore House in Edinburgh. Facilitated by BEFS, attendees had positive discussions about the draft strategy and the future of designations.
We are delighted to announce that SCHT Trustees have appointed Vivienne Whyte as the new Trust Manager to take over from Lindsay Lennie on 1 September 2025. Lindsay is retiring after 15 years of working with the Trust.
SCHT staff and Trustees look forward to welcoming her in September.
SCHT staff and Trustees look forward to welcoming her in September.
June 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We are delighted to announce that SCHT Trustees have appointed Vivienne Whyte as the new Trust Manager to take over from Lindsay Lennie on 1 September 2025. Lindsay is retiring after 15 years of working with the Trust.
SCHT staff and Trustees look forward to welcoming her in September.
SCHT staff and Trustees look forward to welcoming her in September.
#localhistorymonth
#Onthisday 600 years ago Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany was beheaded on Gowan Hill.
Murdoch Stewart was Governor of Scotland from 1420 until 1424, the year that the soon-to-be James I returned to Scotland after 18 years of captivity in England.
#Onthisday 600 years ago Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany was beheaded on Gowan Hill.
Murdoch Stewart was Governor of Scotland from 1420 until 1424, the year that the soon-to-be James I returned to Scotland after 18 years of captivity in England.
May 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#localhistorymonth
#Onthisday 600 years ago Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany was beheaded on Gowan Hill.
Murdoch Stewart was Governor of Scotland from 1420 until 1424, the year that the soon-to-be James I returned to Scotland after 18 years of captivity in England.
#Onthisday 600 years ago Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany was beheaded on Gowan Hill.
Murdoch Stewart was Governor of Scotland from 1420 until 1424, the year that the soon-to-be James I returned to Scotland after 18 years of captivity in England.
This #LocalHistoryMonth we’re launching an online exhibition about the pioneering Thistle Property Trust (TPT) who aimed to refurbish historic buildings in the Top of The Town to create comfortable & sanitary housing
📷 Properties owned & refurbished by the TPT. Courtesy of @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📷 Properties owned & refurbished by the TPT. Courtesy of @smithmuseum.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This #LocalHistoryMonth we’re launching an online exhibition about the pioneering Thistle Property Trust (TPT) who aimed to refurbish historic buildings in the Top of The Town to create comfortable & sanitary housing
📷 Properties owned & refurbished by the TPT. Courtesy of @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📷 Properties owned & refurbished by the TPT. Courtesy of @smithmuseum.bsky.social
📢 We have two exciting opportunities open for applications! We’re hiring:
SCHT Trust Manager
📅 Closing 19th May
Traditional Buildings Inspector/Trainee Inspector
📅 Closing 2nd May
For job details and how to apply visit: bit.ly/SCHTcareers
SCHT Trust Manager
📅 Closing 19th May
Traditional Buildings Inspector/Trainee Inspector
📅 Closing 2nd May
For job details and how to apply visit: bit.ly/SCHTcareers
April 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢 We have two exciting opportunities open for applications! We’re hiring:
SCHT Trust Manager
📅 Closing 19th May
Traditional Buildings Inspector/Trainee Inspector
📅 Closing 2nd May
For job details and how to apply visit: bit.ly/SCHTcareers
SCHT Trust Manager
📅 Closing 19th May
Traditional Buildings Inspector/Trainee Inspector
📅 Closing 2nd May
For job details and how to apply visit: bit.ly/SCHTcareers