June 2026 GAS excursion to Stirling City Walls, Logie Old Kirk Graveyard and Ardoch Roman Camp was a great success

The Walls were constructed on the rocky outcrop that Stirling was built on. There are two surviving bastions.

  • Members with Dr Murray Cook our tour leader beside a part of Stirling City Walls. Taken by James Mearns June 2026. 
  • Members climbing the stone stairs of the City Walls. Taken by Moira Gemmell June 2026
  • A commemorative plaque in the Stirling City Walls was erected in 1956. Taken by Moira Gemmell June 2026.

Photos are of Logie Old Kirk and graveyard.

The ruined kirk is 17th century and was dedicated to St Serf. The graveyard has many interesting gravestones.

  • The ruined Logie Kirk and graveyard. Taken by James Mearns 2026
  • The smashed hogback stone(s) in Logie Old Kirk Graveyard. Taken by James Mearns 2026   
  • The graveyard of the Church of the Holy Rude Stirling just off the City Walls. Taken By James Mearns. 2026.

The graveyard has many interesting grave stones, and from there you can view the exterior of the 500-year-old church and the steeple, which has clusters of musket ball impacts left by Cromwell’s siege of Stirling Castle.