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Fighter, patriot and leader - monument call for the other hero of Stirling Bridge
Published Date: 12 March 2011
By JOHN ROSS
While William Wallace has been immortalised in print, monument and film, the man said to have masterminded Braveheart's most famous victory is all but forgotten.
Andrew de Moray was knighted at about the same time as Wallace and was once held in equal regard, but he is now relatively unknown, Mel Gibson failing to even mention him in his movie.
But now there are plans to create a national monument to commemorate Moray near Stirling Bridge, where both men jointly led the Scots to victory over the English in 1297. Moray was mortally wounded in the battle, and died soon after, disappearing into relative obscurity, while Wallace went on to become Scotland's hero with a world-famous monument overlooking the site of the victory.
Read more at: http://heritage.scotsman.com/heritag...er-.6732747.jp
Fighter, patriot and leader - monument call for the other hero of Stirling Bridge
Published Date: 12 March 2011
By JOHN ROSS
While William Wallace has been immortalised in print, monument and film, the man said to have masterminded Braveheart's most famous victory is all but forgotten.
Andrew de Moray was knighted at about the same time as Wallace and was once held in equal regard, but he is now relatively unknown, Mel Gibson failing to even mention him in his movie.
But now there are plans to create a national monument to commemorate Moray near Stirling Bridge, where both men jointly led the Scots to victory over the English in 1297. Moray was mortally wounded in the battle, and died soon after, disappearing into relative obscurity, while Wallace went on to become Scotland's hero with a world-famous monument overlooking the site of the victory.
Read more at: http://heritage.scotsman.com/heritag...er-.6732747.jp
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