It featured in an iconic movie image as William Wallace stood in defiance against the English. Now the sword wielded by Mel Gibson in Braveheart has sold for £60,000 at an auction in the US.

Wallace was the younger son of a Scottish knight and minor landowner. His name, Wallace or le Waleis, means the Welshman, and he was probably descended from Richard Wallace who had followed the ...

It's got stained-glass windows. They want us to worship William Wallace. In the middle of the room is a huge sword which some people claim was brandished by Wallace. The first thing that strikes ...

Emergency repairs have been carried out on a statue of William Wallace to restore his claymore to its full glory. The 9.4m (31ft) statue of the Scottish freedom fighter near Dryburgh was erected ...

Students could gather their own evidence about whether this was actually the sword of William Wallace and have a class debate. Students could find out if there are any other possible ‘fakes ...