SIR William Walllace is one of Scotland's most famous historical figures, but how much do we really know about him? If you want to get to the heart of the man behind the legend, then these five ...

Gary Stewart, from the Society of William Wallace separates the truth from the fiction about the legend ‘Braveheart’ Wallace. Myth: Wallace’s father is Malcolm Wallace who is later killed ...

William Wallace – His Uncle's proverb, from Bower's Scotichronicon c.1440s. The reputation of William Wallace runs like a fault line through later medieval chronicles.

One of those people was a man called William Wallace. We don't know much about Wallace's early life but in 1297, he is reported to have killed William de Heselrig, the English High Sheriff of Lanark.

The two-handed blade is purported to have belonged to William Wallace and is said to have been used by the Scottish knight at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 and the Battle of Falkirk in 1298.

Emergency repairs have been carried out on a statue of William Wallace to restore his claymore to its full glory. The 9.4m (31ft) statue of the Scottish freedom fighter near Dryburgh was erected ...

William Wallace sword returns to Wallace Monument. 26 May 2023. Share Save. Share Save. PA Media. A new £10,000 display case holds the two-handed blade, which measures 5ft 6in (1.68m) and weighs ...

A CENTURY ago, on April 28, 1843, William Wallace, the Scottish mathematician and astronomer, died at the age of seventy-four. Born at Dysart, on September 23, 1768, Wallace began life as a ...