Tucked under the hill, below a side road and without any signs pointing to it or information available it's hardly surprising that very few people know anything about this site.

The marker (the 16 foot high arch near the bottom of the picture) is near the spot where Wallace defeated a few of the English army by dropping rocks on them from the hills along both sides of the upper reaches of the River Irvine, which is the stream in the valley.

The Loudounhill Inn can be seen in the top right of the photo.

The second version with the mistier light is preferred, but both are offered to let you decide for yourself.

It's not an ideal site to photograph but from these angles you can see the length of the valley where the battle took place (on a misty morning) with the monument in the same picture, which is virtually impossible from ground level.

Overhead in stronger light.

These are a few ground-level shots of the arch, to show some of the fine detail.