Abbey Craig
The Abbey Craig is the hill upon which the Wallace Monument stands, at Causewayhead, just to the north of Stirling, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Janfrie1988, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stirling Castle and Stirling railway station.
Stirling Castle
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Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation.
Stirling railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stirling railway station is a railway station located in Stirling, Scotland. It is located on the former Caledonian Railway main line between Glasgow and Perth.
Wallace Monument
Work of art
Photo: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Wallace Monument is a 67 m tower on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish hero.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stirling and Bridge of Allan.
Stirling
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stirling is a city in the central lowlands of Scotland, and historically the county town of Stirlingshire. For centuries this was the main route between the Highlands and the Lowlands, guarded by the castle on its battleship of a crag, and with the River Forth sweeping round as a moat.
Bridge of Allan
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridge of Allan is a small Victorian Spa town in Stirlingshire in central Scotland, with a population of 5250 in 2021. Nestled beneath the iconic Wallace Monument, it's part of the city of Stirling.
Dunblane
Photo: Neil Aitkenhead, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunblane is a market and commuter town, with a population of 9410 in 2016. It's nowadays regarded as part of the city of Stirling in Stirlingshire, although historically it was in Perthshire.
Abbey Craig
- Type: Forest
- Description: hill to the north of Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Categories: hill and sill
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.1376° or 56° 8′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.9145° or 3° 54′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C8R43QP+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 85526353OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodWikidata ID
Q4663992
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Scots—“Abbey Craig” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Abbey Craig”
- Italian: “Abbey Craig”
- Japanese: “アビー・クレイグ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abbey Craig”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abbey Craig”
- Norwegian: “Abbey Craig”
- Scots: “Abbey Craig”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Innovation Park and Causewayhead.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The National Wallace Monument and Causewayhead Park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Abbey Craig”. Photo: Janfrie1988, Public domain.