Below are screenshots while flying around Castle Stirling.
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation.
The castle is an important fortification in the region from the earliest times. Most of the principal buildings of the castle date from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A few structures remain from the fourteenth century, while the outer defences fronting the town date from the early eighteenth century.
Before the union with England, Stirling Castle was also one of the most
used of the many Scottish royal residences, very much a palace as well
as a fortress. Several Scottish Kings and Queens have been crowned at
Stirling, including Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1542, and others were
born or died there.
(Wikipedia)
Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, owned by Queen Elizabeth II.
Balmoral has been one of the residences of the British royal family since 1852, when the estate and its original castle were bought from the Farquharson family by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. Soon afterwards the house was found to be too small and the current Balmoral Castle was commissioned. The architect was William Smith of Aberdeen, and his designs were amended by Prince Albert. Balmoral remains private property of the Queen and is not part of the Crown Estate.
The castle is an example of Scottish baronial architecture, and the
new castle was completed in 1856 and the old castle demolished shortly thereafter.
The Balmoral Estate has been added to by successive members of the royal family,
and now covers an area of approximately 50,000 acres (20,000 hectares).
It is a working estate, including grouse moors, forestry and farmland,
as well as managed herds of deer, Highland cattle, and ponies.
(Wikipedia)
