Battle tribute, 718 years on

THE site of the Battle of Stirling Bridge – where a Scottish army under William Wallace and ‘forgotten hero’ Andrew de Moray defeated the English – has been marked for the first time with a memorial.

It consists of three granite plinths on the north side of the Forth near Stirling, where the battle took place in 1297. It will be officially unveiled next month.

Though the Wallace Monument overlooks the site, it only commemorates Wallace and not Moray, who was mortally wounded in the clash.

Ted Christopher, of the Guardians of Scotland Trust responsible for the new memorial, said: ‘It’s been a long time coming, 718 years to be precise, but at last the beginnings of a fitting permanent memorial are in place.’

He added: ‘This is also the first memorial to Andrew de Moray, whose role has been forgotten by many.’