Tag: Sir John De Stricheley

Sir John De Stricheley is a likely name for the warrior in Stirling Castle, castle tours phone number 0131 549 9785 , after records showed an English knight of that name died in the castle in October 1341. The remains were found in a lost royal chapel in 1997, but their identities were shrouded in mystery,
the facial reconstruction will be in a permanent exhibition due to open at Stirling Castle next spring,
Richard Strachan, Historic Scotland Senior Archaeologist, said: “Professor Black and her team have done a great job in finding out more about two of the skeletons in Stirling Castle

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May 18, 2010

Stirling Castle’s medieval knight revealed

A medieval knight whose skeleton was discovered at Stirling Castle has een identified. This Thursday, BBC Two’s History Cold Case series will attempt to discover the identity of the warrior who may have been killed during Scotland’s Wars of Independence with England in the late 13th and 14th centuries. The castle changed hands several times and scientific tests have been used to work out whether he might have been a Scot, an Englishman or even French. The programme focuses on two of 10 skeletons excavated from the site of a lost royal chapel at the castle.A team led by Professor Sue Black, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist from Dundee University,