by marketing | Mar 4, 2022 | History, Volunteer Blog
Throughout the country our museums and galleries are full of paintings showing different aspects of life through the centuries. But how often do we look really closely at these paintings and wonder about the lives of those captured by the artist. A volunteer at...
by marketing | Jan 23, 2022 | History, Volunteer Blog
HRH Charles Edward Stuart arrived at Bannockburn House on the 6th January 1746. He remained at Bannockburn House for the rest of the month, chosen for its strategic location for the Siege of Stirling Castle and considered a place of safety as the Prince had a natural...
by marketing | Jan 4, 2022 | Events, History
On Friday the 7th of January Bannockburn House will see a brief return of the Ancient Key of Stirling which had lain hidden within the House for many a year. The Jacobite army approached Stirling on Friday the 3rd January 1746 surrounding the town the...
by marketing | Sep 13, 2021 | History, Volunteer Blog
Our History Tours are back up and running and our volunteers’ research into the rich history of Bannockburn House continues apace, as volunteer Helen explains: History volunteer Hugh McCusker discovered that Bannockburn House’s first resident, Sir Hugh...
by marketing | Aug 20, 2021 | Events, History, Latest News
A team of budding young archaeologists set about cleaning their latest finds at Bannockburn House on Saturday (14 August), under the watchful eye of local expert Colin Davenport. The hoard, discovered in a Victorian midden (or dump) in the grounds of the seventeenth...
by marketing | Jun 3, 2021 | History, Uncategorized, Volunteer Blog
It’s been a year like no other, but Bannockburn House History group have busted boredom in lockdown with their regular Monday online meets. History volunteer Helen Rudland said: “When lockdown happened in March 2020 we switched to Zoom...