Redding, Falkirk

[2] On a hill beyond Redding is a stone that is called Wallace's stone, marking out the spot from which Sir William Wallace, after his quarrel with Sir John Stuart, one of the Scottish chiefs, is said to have viewed the Battle of Falkirk, from which he had been compelled to retire, and to have witnessed the defeat of the Scottish army.[citation needed] The village is one of the older settlements in the area and is shown on Timothy Pont's map of Stirlingshire from around 1590.A further 11 men survived for around two weeks in a dry section of the mine, but ultimately died before rescuers were able to free them.[5] The Sir William Wallace Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Free Colliers still march every year on the first Saturday in August in memory of the men who lost their lives in the disaster.[6][7] In 2023 the 100th anniversary of the disaster was marked by a march and ceremony to rededicate the memorial stone, with relatives of those killed traveling from Australia and North America to attend.
Redding Colliery Memorial 25 September 1923
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