Wallace Monument

Anyone who has watched Braveheart, can imagine that William Wallace is a big deal around here. The biggest tribute to him is the Wallace Monument. It is a 220ft stone tower finished in 1869 near the sight of battle where Wallace and his men beat the English.



You can see the monument above Janna's head. The other picture is supposedly of Wallace's real sword. They say you can tell a man's height by the length of his sword (get that smirk off of your face). Since the Wallace sword is about 6' long they think William Wallace was about 6'6", much taller than the 5'9" Mel Gibson (the curator seemed fit to point that out).



We also had the opportunity to watch an actor talk about the big battle from the perspective of a Scottish solider. He was really cool until he started bashing the English king, Edward I "Longshanks". Now his colorful bashing was funny, but because I was the tallest guy in the crowd he seemed to think I was Longshanks (the nickname was because Edward I was tall). I was going to kick his ass, but he had an ax. In all seriousness, he was really good and put on quite a show.