Clue 1 · source detail
Fictional guide illustration · not evidence
The inventory lists 11 September 1297.
This is a direct statement in the modern record.
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William Walrus’s Scotland Realm
Inspired by William Wallace (c. 1270–1305) · Evidence vs inference · Grades 3–6 (proposed)
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What does the Stirling Bridge record actually tell us?
Read a modern battlefield inventory and sort direct statements from cautious inferences. The fictional walrus is a history-hopping sidekick, not a witness.
Clue 2 · source detail
Fictional guide illustration · not evidence
The record names William Wallace and Andrew Moray.
Keep both names in your claim.
Clue 3 · source detail
Fictional guide illustration · not evidence
The crossing is described as narrow.
Its effect on movement is an inference, not a direct eyewitness statement.
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What a careful answer can say: The record directly gives a date, names both Scottish leaders, and describes a narrow crossing. A claim about its tactical effect must be labeled as an inference.
What the evidence cannot settle: The modern inventory is not a transcript of the battle or a witness account of every movement and conversation.
Open the source receipts
- Historic Environment Scotland, Inventory of Historic Battlefields, Battle of Stirling Bridge, designation BTL28.
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- • William Walrus is fictional and never evidence for William Wallace.
- • Use source language carefully; distinguish modern inventories from witness accounts.
- • Final source-card review remains open.
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