BattlefieldsStirling Castle 1651
English Civil War

Stirling Castle 1651

1651
Scotland
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Scottish Covenanting garrison
Forces
Covenanting garrison under Cunningham
VS
Victor
English Commonwealth forces
Forces
English besieging force
Outcome
Stirling Castle surrendered to English forces; August 1651
The Battle

History & Significance

Stirling Castle was besieged and taken by Cromwellian forces in August 1651 after the Scottish field army had marched south for Worcester. The castle garrison under Colonel Cunningham held out until August when it surrendered on terms. The fall of Stirling Castle was a symbolic moment; the castle that had dominated Scottish history for centuries was now in English hands.

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