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limewashing

We are limewashing the Great Hall from 5th July onwards (app 8 wks). The Hall will remain open throughout this perdiod.

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2 September 2010
Renaissance Concert in the Great Hall
STIRLING CASTLE CELEBRATION OF A GREAT SCOTTISH COMPOSER
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10 August 2010
Minister sees progress on £12M Stirling Palace Project
Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop came face to face with a replica of one of the Stirling Heads as she saw the progress made on the £12m conservation and presentation project underway at Stirling Palace. The visit comes ahead of the reopening of James V’s Royal Palace within Stirling Castle at Easter 2011.
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29 July 2010
Medieval Mayhem rules at stunning strongholds for family fun
If the school holidays seem to be dragging on and you’re looking for something new to keep the kids entertained, don’t delay in getting straight over to Stirling Castle!
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28 July 2010
Renaissance Palace goes on YouTube
A short film about how James V’s palace at Stirling Castle is being returned to its 16th-century magnificence can now be seen on the internet. Historic Scotland is using the web to publicise the £12 million project to refurbish the royal apartments to create a major new visitor attraction. The film is the first in a planned series highlighting the project itself, and the work of the traditional craftsmen and women who are decorating, furnishing and fitting the palace using many of the same skills and materials as their predecessors in the early 1540s.
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5 July 2010
Great Hall spruced up ahead of Stirling Royal Palace reopening
The outside walls of the Great Hall at Stirling Castle are being freshly limewashed so it looks in perfect condition for next spring’s reopening of the royal palace.
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