The National Wallace Monument, Sterling
This iconic structure, immortalising William Wallace’s triumph at The Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 enjoyed a major refurbishment to replace old floodlighting with a new, energy efficient lighting scheme to celebrate the tower’s 150th anniversary.
- A Pharos LPC is used for dynamic control of the new LED fixtures
- To minimise any structural changes to the fabric of the tower, the installation needed to replicate the fixture positions and reuse cabling from the previous scheme including a “Data over Power” solution
- Fixtures at the base of the monument were replaced with four clusters of three ColourReach RGBW each
- The columns at the rear were replaced with bespoke cages designed to accommodate three ColourReach RGBW as well as providing additional security
- Fixtures at the top of the monument were replaced with ColorBlast RGBA, an LED mix designed to ensure a “warm glow” as requested by the client
- An eW Blast was used to illuminate the Bronze sculpture of William Wallace located at the corner of the tower
- The LPC is kept at the base of the tower along with a 3G remote access router, giving Historic Scotland the huge benefit of remote access so that they can change the lighting at any time for additional holidays or special events
Read more about the beacon lighting at the National Wallace Monument in our project news story.
