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Mar's Wark

Mar's Wark

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Mar's Wark

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Location: Mercat Cross, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

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1. Stirling Castle & Gowanhill loop from Stirling

4.24km

01:13

110m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Stirling Old Town Jail – Stirling Castle loop from Stirling

2.60km

00:45

70m

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3. The National Wallace Monument – Stirling Old Bridge loop from Blairlogie

13.5km

03:42

210m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Brian

January 29, 2017

Commissioned around 1569 by the powerful Earl of Mar, heriditary Keeper of Stirling Castle and one time Regent of Scotland during the minority of James VI. The Earls of Mar were originally the Erskine Family who were appointed by David II as heriditary keepers of Stirling Castle.
The shell of a splendid renaissance style town house is all that remains of a once, grand building at the top of the Old Town. The facade of Mars Wark is decorated with stone carvings, panels, gargoyles and much of the stone would have come from the ruined Cambuskenneth Abbey.
The 11th Earl of Mar supported the Jacobite cause and following the failure of the 1715 rebellion, the house was converted into barracks. During the 1745-6 rising it was damaged by cannon fire and fell into ruin.

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Elevation 120 m

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Location: Mercat Cross, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Mar's Wark

1. Stirling Castle & Gowanhill loop from Stirling

2. Stirling Old Town Jail – Stirling Castle loop from Stirling

3. The National Wallace Monument – Stirling Old Bridge loop from Blairlogie

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