The Pleasaunce is the Journal of Scotland's Garden and Landscape Heritage. I was pleased to be asked, some months ago, to submit a paper about Stirling's Back Walk and it has now appeared, in the February 2020 edition.
The paper outlines the history of the walk but also comments on its modern state.
Locals were rightly proud of this innovative Prospect Walk in the eighteenth century and visitors praised it in the nineteenth. It remains a vital asset but it is now under-appreciated and neglected - whilst the views, once a key attraction, are being obscured by overgrown trees or blotted by modern developments.
I will place a copy of the paper in Stirling Central Library for ease of access or you can get your own or find more about The Pleasaunce at www.sglh.org
John G Harrison, 2020. The Back Walk, Stirling, 29-36, The Pleasaunce, February 2020.
The paper outlines the history of the walk but also comments on its modern state.
Locals were rightly proud of this innovative Prospect Walk in the eighteenth century and visitors praised it in the nineteenth. It remains a vital asset but it is now under-appreciated and neglected - whilst the views, once a key attraction, are being obscured by overgrown trees or blotted by modern developments.
I will place a copy of the paper in Stirling Central Library for ease of access or you can get your own or find more about The Pleasaunce at www.sglh.org
John G Harrison, 2020. The Back Walk, Stirling, 29-36, The Pleasaunce, February 2020.
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