I was up the hills this morning, and had my camera with me.
This is a concrete replica of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlander's cap badge, and it forms a memorial on the summit of Dumyat hill(1440 feet) overlooking Stirling, the regiment's home.
My grandfather served with them in WW1, while an uncle served with them in WW2.
What I
really wanted to picture was the Atlantic Wall complex on nearby Sheriffmuir.This is an exact replica of a typical sea-wall and Nazi fortifications in Normandy, and was built by Sapper Brian's mob in the summer of '43. When I manage to get back up there, I'll post some pictures.
This is a view of Stirling from the summit-
The rocks in the foreground are the remains of the tribal capital of the Maeatae (My-tie), who rebelled against the Roman occupation. The hill's name means fort of the Maeatae.
The tower in the foreground is the National Wallace Monument; the white buildings to the right are the local university. Stirling Castle is the beige building on its hill in the picture's centre, immediately behind and across the river Forth from the monument.
You can't actually see it, but the 15th Century stone bridge built to replace the wooden one destroyed in the 1297 battle is there too.
Should add that just out of the frame to the right background is the stately home which served as the 'HQ' of the fictitious British force which Operation Fortitude North convinced Hitler was poised to invade Norway, not Normandy.
[ 09. June 2005, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: The_Historian ]