Scheduled Monument
Stirling, Royal Gardens including King's KnotSM90288
Status: Designated
Documents
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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.
Summary
- Date Added
- 22/02/1994
- Supplementary Information Updated
- 09/08/2021
- Type
- Secular: garden
- Local Authority
- Stirling
- Parish
- Stirling
- NGR
- NS 78919 93713
- Coordinates
- 278919, 693713
Description
The monument consists of the surviving physical remains of part of the royal gardens at the foot of Stirling Castle.
The remains take the form of two adjacent rectangular areas of earthworks, which formed the matrix of part of the royal gardens of Stirling Castle, as remodelled in 1628-9 for the home-coming of Charles I in 1633. The SE area has an octagonal stepped mound rising to a height of about 3m. The NW area, now partly clipped by Raploch Road, has the earthworks of a 4-compartment parterre.
The area to be scheduled includes the two adjacent areas described above, together with areas to the E and N, extending to the foot of the castle ridge, within which further evidence may survive. The area is bounded on the E by the base of the castle ridge, on the W by Raploch Road and Dumbarton Road and on the SE by Royal Gardens, and measures a maximum of 680m NNW-SSE by 330m E-W, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Statement of National Importance
The monument is of national importance because it is the most extensive and best'preserved example of a royal garden of the Renaissance period in Scotland, and gives physical evidence for an important phase in the development of landscape and gardens design in the context of the highest levels of society.
References
Bibliography
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