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Stirling (/ ˈ s t ɜːr l ɪ ŋ /; Scots: Stirlin; Scottish Gaelic: Sruighlea [ˈs̪t̪ɾuʝlə]) is a city in central Scotland, 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Glasgow and 37 miles (60 km) north-west of Edinburgh.
In 1130, Stirling, one of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, was created a royal burgh by King David I.. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth, at the Battle of Stirling Bridge during the First War of ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:26, 26 September 2010: 1,347 × 1,384 (1.38 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of Stirling, UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stret
Matthew Paris's map of 1247 shows a clear north–south divide to Scotland. Proverbially Stirling is the strategically important "Gateway to the Highlands". It has been said that "Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together". [6] [7] There is also and east–west divide as told in the story as recorded by Boece who ...
This article is a list of towns, village, hamlet and settlements in the Stirling council area of Scotland. Aberfoyle, Main Street Bannockburn Ben Ledi from Kilmahog Callander Doune Castle Dunblane Cathedral Lochearnhead Loch Lubnaig Wallace Monument Ochil Hills
Stirling University Campus, 1 Airthrey Castle Yard, Principal's House 56°08′57″N 3°54′54″W / 56.149102°N 3.914875°W / 56.149102; -3.914875 ( Stirling University Campus, 1 Airthrey Castle Yard, Principal
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The geography of Scotland is varied from rural lowlands to unspoilt uplands, and from large cities to sparsely inhabited islands. Located in Northern Europe, Scotland comprises the northern part of the island of Great Britain as well as 790 surrounding islands encompassing the major archipelagos of the Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Inner and Outer Hebrides. [3]