Stirling and Central Scotland

by John Gifford, Frank Arneil Walker

Overview

From Stirling Castle to the tower houses of Clackmannan, from the colleries and shipyards to the Millennium Wheel at Falkirk, the buildings of Stirling and Central Scotland reflect the divisions between Highland and Lowland, between rural and industrial Scotland.



Published in association with the Buildings of Scotland Trust

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300095944
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	08/11/2002
Series:	Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland
Pages:	936
Product dimensions:	4.75(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	List of Text Figures and Maps	x
	Arrangement of the Gazetteer	xii
	Access to Buildings	xiii
	Acknowledgements for the Plates	xiv
	Foreword	xv
	Introduction
	Geology	1
	Prehistoric and Early Historic Stirling and Central Scotland	9
	The Romans in Stirling and Central Scotland	12
	The Early Christian Period in Stirling and Central Scotland	15
	Medieval Churches	17
	Post-Reformation Churches	22
	Mausolea, Monuments and Statues	35
	Castles and Tower-Houses	42
	Country Houses	50
	Roads, Railways, Canals and Harbours	64
	Burgh and Village Buildings	70
	Rural Manses, Farmhouses and Steadings	90
	Industrial Buildings	93
	Stirling and Central Scotland	103
	Glossary	795
	Index of Artists	823
	Index of Places	842