Ladies' Hill, Auld Kirkyard
According to tradition the Ladies' Hill got its name as a result of aristocratic damsels from the Castle gathering here to watch their men-folk engaging in courtly blood-sports - duelling, jousting and suchlike - in the valley below.
Not all visitors were so genteel.
According to local legend this is where the early 19th-century lay preacher, Alick Lyon, is said to have wrestled with the Devil himself - after being thrown out of a tavern for lecturing the resident dipsomaniacs on the evils of the 'Demon Drink'.
We're very fond of dramatic irony in our taller tales! Had you noticed?
- SYHA Youth Hostel, St John Street
- The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd
- Tolbooth Entrance, Jail Wynd
- Hangman's Close, St John Street
- Mercat Cross, Broad Street
- Broad Street
- Darnley Coffee House, Bow Street
- Mar's Wark, Castle Wynd
- Old Town Jail
- Holy Rude Church and Auld Kirkyard
- Auld Kirkyard & Holy Rude Church
- Ladies' Hill, Auld Kirkyard
- Mary Witherspoon's Grave, Auld Kirkyard
- Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Dumbarton Road
- Valley Cemetery
- John Cowane's Hospital, St John Street
- Auld Staney Breeks at Cowane's Hospital
- John Cowane's House on St Mary’s Wynd
- Argyll's Ludging, Castle Wynd
- The Back Walk & Burgh Wall
- Beheading Stone, Gowan Hill
- Stirling Castle
- Argyll's Museum, Stirling Castle
- The Settle Inn, St Mary's Wynd
- Nicky-Tam's Bar & Bothy, Baker Street
- Thistles Shopping Centre, Goosecroft Road
- The Bastion, The Thistles Shopping Centre
- Haunted Stirling
- The Golden Lion, King Street
