Wallace Monument Thomas Carlyle, Hugh Miller, Thomas Chalmers, David Livingstone, and W. E. Gladstone. In 2017 it was announced that Mary Slessor and Maggie Keswick Jencks will be the first heroines to be celebrated in the hall. The original Victorian statue of Wallace stands on the corner of the monument and is by the Edinburgh sculptor David Watson Stevenson. In 1996 Tom Church carved a statue of Wallace called "Freedom", which was inspired by the film "Braveheart". It has the face of Mel Gibson, the actor who played William Wallace in the film. Church leased the statue to Stirling Council, who in
Stirling Knights Stirling Knights The Stirling Knights are a basketball club based in the city of Stirling, Scotland. The senior men's team currently compete in Division 1 of the Scottish Men's National League. The club was launched September 2009. The club is affiliated with Basketball Scotland, and fully supported by Active Stirling and sportscotland. The club received lottery funding - Awards4All late in 2009 to help support capital costs of club equipment. After relegation to Division 2 after the 2014-15 season, the team bounced back straight away, achieving promotion to Division 1 as champions of Division 2 in time for the start