Wallace Monument

The National Wallace Monument is a 67 m tower on the shoulder of the , a hilltop overlooking in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish hero.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Description: tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, near Stirling in Scotland
  • Also known as: “National Wallace Monument” and “Wallace Monument, Abbey Craig, Stirling”
  • Address: Stirling, FK9 5LF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey Craig and Wallace High School.

Forest
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The is the hill upon which the Wallace Monument stands, at Causewayhead, just to the north of , .

School
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is a non-denominational state secondary school in Causewayhead, . The school was founded in 1971 to serve , Castleview, , Fallin, and Riverside areas of north-eastern . is situated 2,200 feet west of Wallace Monument.

Church
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is a Church of Scotland church near in central . It is located in a rural location at the foot of at the western side of the Ochil Hills, east of Stirling and near Stirling University. is situated 1 mile northeast of Wallace Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cornton and Cambuskenneth.

Suburb
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, known locally as The , is a district of the city of on the North Bank of the in central .

Village
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is a village in the city of , Scotland. It has a population of 250 and is the site of the historic . It is situated by the and the only road access to the village is along Ladysneuk Road from Alloa Road in Causewayhead.

Village
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is a village in the council area of , situated at the base of the great southern rock-face of between and .

Wallace Monument

Latitude
56.13879° or 56° 8′ 20″ north
Longitude
-3.91755° or 3° 55′ 3″ west
Inception
1869
Height
220 feet (67 metres)
Open location code
9C8R43QJ+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 86304919
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Wiki­data ID
Q931796
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Wallace Monument” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վոլեյս հուշարձան”
  • Basque: “William Wallaceren oroigarria”
  • Bulgarian: “Момунентът на Уолъс”
  • Bulgarian: “Монумент на Уолъс”
  • Catalan: “Wallace Monument”
  • Chinese: “華萊士紀念塔”
  • Danish: “Wallace Monument”
  • Dutch: “Wallace Monument”
  • French: “Monument Wallace”
  • French: “monument William Wallace”
  • French: “Monument William Wallace”
  • French: “Wallace monument”
  • German: “Wallace Monument”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת וולאס”
  • Hungarian: “Wallace-emlékmű”
  • Indonesian: “Monumen Wallace”
  • Italian: “monumento a Wallace”
  • Italian: “National Wallace Monument”
  • Italian: “Wallace Monument”
  • Japanese: “ウォレス・ナショナル・モニュメント”
  • Japanese: “ウォレス・モニュメント”
  • Japanese: “ナショナル・ウォレス・モニュメント”
  • Latvian: “Vollesa piemineklis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wallace Monument”
  • Norwegian: “Wallace Monument”
  • Polish: “Wallace Monument”
  • Portuguese: “Monumento Wallace”
  • Russian: “Монумент Уильяма Уоллеса”
  • Russian: “Монумент Уоллеса”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a William Wallace”
  • Spanish: “Monumento Nacional William Wallace”
  • Spanish: “National Wallace Monument”
  • Spanish: “Wallace Monument”
  • Swedish: “Wallace monument”
  • Swedish: “Wallacemonumentet”
  • Swiss German: “Wallace Monument”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Wallace Monument”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент Воллесу”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویلس یادگار”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The National Wallace Monument and Causewayhead Park.

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