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Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

44. Scotland’s Silver Brooch, Stirling

Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

Fat Belly Films

History, Neil Oliver, Comment, News

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This Week Neil’s on his home turf delving into the deep history of one of the most glorious castles in the British Isles.


They say Stirling castle is the silver brooch that hitches the Highlands of Scotland to the lowlands. Neil very much regards it as his personal touch stone. It’s a place that was already well trodden by our ancestors when the Roman road builders turned up around AD80.

The castle, which sits atop a geological formation known as a crag and tail, has always been strategically vital, playing a crucial part in the history of Scotland and the British Isles.

Kings and queens have been born and raised there, battles fought, and scores settled in and around it. Jaw-dropping grandeur and beauty, it’s a place full of drama and passion, it’s a place Neil knows & loves well.

 

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0:04.5

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0:22.4

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0:26.8

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0:31.4

Patreon site every week there's new thought-provoking videos and much more besides.

0:37.3

It's Neil Oliver on Patreon and it would be great to see you there.

0:41.7

In the meantime here's the next episode

0:44.4

of my love letter to the British Isles.

0:47.0

Kew the music. To stand in the shadow of Sterling Castle is to be at the center of the whirling

1:02.3

vortex of the storm.

1:04.4

The history is just unavoidable.

1:07.4

You breathe it in until you almost choke on it.

1:09.2

In this podcast, we're on my home turf

1:15.0

walking into a building of jaw-dropping grandeur and beauty

1:20.0

sitting atop a crag and tail left over from our geological past, it's a silver broach that

1:28.0

hitches the Highlands of Scotland to her lowlands. It's played a crucial part in the history of Scotland and of the whole of the British Isles.

1:38.0

Kings and Queens have been born and raised there. Battles fought and scores settled, full of drama and passion. It's a place I know and love well.

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