Thieves Pot Thistles Centre

the thief inside thieves pot

the thistles shopping centre 1 in world have 16th-century jail extensive history of bastion s. jail of historical importance in stirling, being used @ 1 time guard angle of stirling s town wall.

the thieves pot accessed within thistles centre itself, located near port street entrance. thieves pot identified 2 flaming torches on wall because visitor mistake themed bar. entrance underground jail. entering through opening in wall, visitor must first travel down wrought iron spiral staircase. visitor descends feeling of entering different time sets in, surroundings change busy shopping centre confined jail environment.

admission thieves pot free, , can visited whenever shopping centre open.

looking around visitor see circular rough stone room, original guardroom existed in walls used defend stirling. guardroom visitor enters contains different artefacts; including justice figure , stirling heads placed historical presentations, giving information on room , history of happened there. there thieves pot below room, prison people sent jail. dark cramped space, known oubliette, viewable through glass floor panel , contains model representation of prisoner down in prison. entrance prison space have been accessed through trapdoor have been present glass viewing panel in floor.