~ Wallace Monument, Tiny Archers ~

In 2019I was asked by Jim Mitchell ACR to repair a tiny stained glass window, hidden for over a century, behind the massive bronze stature of William Wallace which he was removing for conservation from the Monument.

Access was very restricted – internally, a tight, cramped, tunnel-like space, and externally a terrifying scaffold overlooking the Carse of Stirling.

Fortunately, I did not have to remove the window, only the tiny broken shards. I repainted two new sets of archers based on the fragments that existed. The glass had obviously been broken decades before, but due to its inaccessibility, had never been restored.