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Stirling town wall and bastion is a defensive structure built to protect the royal burgh of Stirling on its elevated site above the River Forth. The fortification occupies the rising ground at 44 Bastion Wynd, where the bedrock of Permian dolerite and tholeiitic basalt provides a naturally strong foundation. This igneous substrate, intruded into older Carboniferous strata, forms the geological backbone of Stirling's defensive position and would have offered excellent conditions for constructing robust walls and bastions.
The town wall and its associated bastion represent the extensive fortifications that surrounded Stirling during the medieval period and beyond. The Port Street Bastion specifically indicates gun-mounting structures adapted for artillery defence, reflecting the evolution of fortification design to counter the changing nature of warfare. Such bastions were typically angled to provide overlapping fields of fire and stronger resistance to cannon fire than traditional vertical walls.
The monument is designated and protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1754, recognising its significance to Scotland's architectural and military heritage. The survival of these defensive structures on their prominent site demonstrates the enduring strategic importance of Stirling as a royal stronghold commanding vital routes through the Scottish Lowlands.
Stirling, town wall & bastion & Port Street Bastion at 44 Bastion Wynd is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1754. View the official record →
Stirling town wall and bastion is a defensive structure built to protect the royal burgh of Stirling on its elevated site above the River Forth. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1754.
Stirling, town wall & bastion & Port Street Bastion at 44 Bastion Wynd is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1754.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Common Hill,homestead (5.8 km), Sauchinford Cottages,ring ditch 300m SSE of (6 km), Plean Cottages,palisaded enclosure 350m SSE of (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Stirling, town wall & bastion & Port Street Bastion at 44 Bastion Wynd's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Stirling, town wall & bastion & Port Street Bastion at 44 Bastion Wynd stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is dolerite and tholeiitic basalt.