A proposed development for a horse racing track at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn has sparked concern from the National Trust for Scotland who believe it shouldn't be allowed.
Stirling Council recommended that plans to develop the track should be approved but it left the trust angry and they have now called on their 330,000 members as well as the wider public to support their campaign for MSPs to look at it and potentially overturn it.
They want people to write to their local MSP and try and save the historical site from becoming a race track. They believe it would destroy one of the final remaining open landscapes on which the historical battle took place in 1314.
The trust's Director of Conservation & Policy Stuart Brooks, said: “We believe Scotland thinks more of its heritage than this, and we need as many people as possible to stand with us to defend this special place now and for the future.
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“The fields in question are on the national Inventory of Historic Battlefields and although they don’t fall within the land owned and cared for by the Trust, they are within the known boundaries of the 1314 conflict. They are integral to the experience of visitors who come from near and far to learn about this special aspect of Scotland’s heritage. These fields are not just fields, but a living testament to the historical and cultural significance of the Battle of Bannockburn.
“If they are developed, we will not just lose a part of our history, but also a connection from the present to the past. The loss will be intolerable and we will be left with a void in our heritage and a stain on our nation’s reputation."
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