bierlijn Posted 18 September , 2007 Share Posted 18 September , 2007 Hi Forum, I am looking for more details of the chateau in whose grounds was the Stirling Castle strongpoint. It is usually described as 'a small chateau'. I have found a German map which refers to it by a different name, but I'm finding it hard to read. Can anyone else decipher it? It seems to say "W??SSES SCHLOSS, SCH??????PE BENK??HARDT. If anyone can tell me whether Benk??hardt was the name of the owner of a local commander, I'd be very grateful. Anyone got any other maps/photos with a more detailed view or different name for this building/area? It is definitely not the Herenthage Chateau, which is 500m to the east. Thanks for any help, Hugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 18 September , 2007 Share Posted 18 September , 2007 HI, It says Weisses Schlos, Schlossruine Benkenhorst or White Chateau, ruins of castle Benkenhorst Regards, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierlijn Posted 18 September , 2007 Author Share Posted 18 September , 2007 Thanks - that's great, really helped a lot. Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabine72 Posted 23 September , 2007 Share Posted 23 September , 2007 hello, I think I have pictures of stirling castle now and then; will look it up for you and scan them. kind regards sabine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bent Posted 27 December , 2017 Share Posted 27 December , 2017 Sorry I am so late into this topic, but last October I visited the area with my friend. His Great Uncle died on the 31st July, 1917. He was James Gatley and was with the Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion. There is no "Stirling Castle" now so do I assume that it was knocked down in the last decade? Best regards. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 27 December , 2017 Share Posted 27 December , 2017 Chris, assuming we are talking about the same thing, my great uncle fought there with the Cheshires in 1914 and his brigade commander mentions both names. We visited it last year and the chateau was sign-posted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 27 December , 2017 Share Posted 27 December , 2017 Here is his map from the book on the XV Brigade: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bent Posted 27 December , 2017 Share Posted 27 December , 2017 Many thanks for all this information. We had the July 1917 trench maps which we overlaid on an ordnance survey map. I can see that Stirling Castle is Beukenhorst. Sadly we did not see any sign for it. There were some building remains in the area (see the photo below) that we thought were possibly related to the chateau but were not sure. What do you think? Chris. ains which Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 27 December , 2017 Share Posted 27 December , 2017 Hello, The manor is in private hands and is not open for public. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bent Posted 27 December , 2017 Share Posted 27 December , 2017 Thanks for this. We had the trench maps for 1917 and can see that Stirling Castle was Beukenhorst on your map. We walked around this area looking for any remains of the buildings and found some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bent Posted 27 December , 2017 Share Posted 27 December , 2017 Thanks Jan. Are you saying the manor is on the site of Beukenhorst Chateau? If so, is it the buildings on my photo? Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 27 December , 2017 Share Posted 27 December , 2017 The manor which is there today was rebuilt close to where Beukenhorst Castle stood. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorre Posted 29 January , 2018 Share Posted 29 January , 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris Bent Posted 21 February , 2018 Share Posted 21 February , 2018 Thanks for sharing the great photographs of Beukenhorst Chateau. I wonder if any survive of Stirling Castle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Blanchard Posted 31 January , 2023 Share Posted 31 January , 2023 Also mentioned in WD of 7th Division ADMS October 1914 as HQ of 7th Division. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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