About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 158. Not illustrated. Chapters: Battle of Stirling Bridge, Loch Lomond, River Carron, River Forth, St. Ninians, Bannock Burn, Lord Elphinstone, Menstrie Glen, Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland, Loch Earn, Cornton Vale, Central Scotland Police, Trossachs, Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service, List of Places in Stirling, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Sieges of Stirling Castle, Ochil Fault, Raploch, Thistles Centre, Earl of Menteith, Stirling Sill, Glenfinlas, Loch Lubnaig, Central Region, Scotland, Campsie Fells, Scottish Swimming, Abbey Craig, Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire, Kilmadock, Macrobert, Brig O' Turk, Forth Valley College, Mugdock Country Park, Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk, the Scots Independent, Cambuskenneth, Loch Rusky, Scottish Institute of Sport, Inchbuie, Loch Drunkie, Strathallan, Hillfoots Villages, Stirling and Falkirk, Glen Finglas Estate, North Mains. Excerpt: Stirling (Gaelic: Sruighlea, Scots: Stirlin) is a city and former ancient burgh in Scotland, and is at the heart of the wider Stirling council area. The city is clustered around a large fortress and mediaeval old-town beside the River Forth. Historically it was strategically important as the "Gateway to the Highlands," with its position near the boundary between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, and its crossing of the Forth, the nearest to the river mouth. It is a centre for local government, higher education, retail, and light industry. Its population (as of the 2001 census) was 41,243, making it the smallest city in Scotland: indeed it is smaller than many of Scotland's larger towns. The civil parish of Stirling is even smaller, with a population of 15,844. One of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, Stirling was created a Royal burgh by King David I in 1130, which it remained until 1975, ..
