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This Is My Glasgow

I've often said there's no statue of Mary Queen of Scots in Glasgow, which is true, but there is this sculpture of her on the gates of St Nicholas Gardens behind the Provand's Lordship on Castle Street. So, what makes it a sculpture rather than a statue? Officially, a sculpture is any three dimensional work of art, while a statue is an approximately life-sized and more or less realistic full figure representation of a person or animal.

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Queen Mary's Stone on Court Knowe in the Cathcart area of Glasgow. This stone supposedly marks the spot where Mary Queen of Scots watched the Battle of Langside in 1568, where her army was soundly beaten. However, it seems unlikely that this was the actual spot from where she watched the battle as it was close to Cathcart Castle, which was held by a supporter of her opponent, James Stewart, Earl of Moray.

A carved stone marking a location associated with Mary, Queen of Scots.
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A famous #StainedGlass window, at #StGilesCathedral in #Edinburgh.

The window tells the story of the 1570 assassination of the Earl of Moray, who had the ignoble honor of being the first politician to be assassinated by a gun.

The top panel shows him getting shot by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh (a man who was angry that his family had been evicted from their home by Moray). Hamilton later escaped safely to France, and members of Moray's political enemies (kin to #MaryQueenOfScots ) were tried and convicted of taking part in the conspiracy.

The bottom panel shows his funeral, officiated by Rev. John Knox (who made an exception to his Protestant Reformationist beliefs in order to speak at the funeral).

This window was made in 1881 by James Ballatine and Son. Links and more information about the many beautiful windows at St. Giles are in the comments below.

#Scotland #ScottishHistory #FensterFreitag #Window #WindowFriday #Cathedrals #StainedGlassWindows #TheReformation #History #StGilesCathedral #JohnKnox #EarlOfMoray
The two-panel stained glass window of St. Giles Cathedral. A breakdown of each of the two panels is given in their individual images.
The top panel of the stained glass window of St. Giles. This depicts the Earl of Moray (in Knight's armour and a blue cape-cloak) being shot by a wide-barrelled gun (left). The crowd is shocked and afraid, many are looking up towards the killer, who is in a nearby balcony.
The bottom panel of the stained glass window. It depicts the Earl of Moray's funeral, with Reformationist Minister John Moore in a balcony (to the right), speaking to the crowd. The crowd is composed of a large number of well-dressed noble men (there are no women) packed tightly in the room. All are standing, except a scant few men in the front of the images, who are kneeling and weeping with grief.
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This Is My Glasgow

Dumbarton Rock, a 330 million year old volcanic plug on the northern edge of the Clyde to the west of Glasgow that is home to Dumbarton Castle. A military stronghold for many centuries, it was to here that Mary, Queen of Scots was heading after her escape from Lochleven Castle in 1568 when she was intercepted by the Earl of Moray and was forced to fight the Battle of Langside (now on the Southside of Glasgow).

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A large 330 million year old volcanic plug with a castle perched on top of of it reflected in the calm waters of the Clyde.
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This Is My Glasgow

One of the four rather wonderfully sculpted eagles on the Battlefield Monument in Glasgow. Designed by Alexander Skirving with sculptures by James Young, it was erected in 1887, and it commemorates the Battle of Langside between the army of Mary, Queen of Scots and that of the Earl of Moray, which took place nearby in 1568.

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An eagle perched on the corner of a momunent with its wings swept backwards.
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Team excavating #Sheffield #Castle uncover #drawbridgepier, #moat, new evidence for castle interior and remains of possible earlier castle | Wessex Archaeology
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Wessex ArchaeologyTeam excavating Sheffield Castle uncover drawbridge pier, moat, new evidence for castle interior and remains of possible earlier castleOur team excavating the derelict Castle Market site for Sheffield City Council’s Castlegate regeneration project has discovered new evidence of the medieval Sheffield Castle – hailed the birthplace of Sheffield.
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