Located a few yards from the fortress that overlooks the town of Stirling lies a building that was donated to this hamlet to ensure that the less fortunate had a place to be healed and looked after. This structure known as Cowane’s Hospital was named after the benefactor, John Cowane, who often found himself on the wrong side of the law. Perhaps it’s what led him to bequeath a small fortune to the construction of a building that would house 12 men of various guilds who had fallen on hard…
