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Blair Drummond Safari Park is a family visitor attraction located near Stirling in Scotland. It opened to the public on 15 May 1970 and is home to over 300 animals, many of which roam freely or are kept in large enclosures in the 120-acre (49 ha) estate. The Safari Park is open from mid March until the end of December each year.
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
Castle Hill, on which Stirling Castle is built, forms part of the Stirling Sill, a formation of quartz-dolerite around 350 million years old, which was subsequently modified by glaciation to form a "crag and tail". [1] It is likely that this natural feature was occupied at an early date, as a hill fort is located on Gowan Hill, immediately to ...
Mote Hill is the northern tip of the Gowanhills, Stirling, the northern half of the Royal Park that extends around Stirling Castle. The wider park includes the King's Knott and sections of a 2-metre-high deer wall, first established in the 12th century, though Gowan Hill only became park of the Royal Park around 1500.
Stirling Castle: Historic Scotland: Stirling: See also. Castles in Scotland; List of castles in Scotland; List of listed buildings in Stirling; References
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Stirling's name appears as Strivelin(g) in early sources, later becoming Stirveling and finally Stirling. Its meaning, and even its language of origin, are a matter of debate. In 1930, J. B. Johnston's Place-Names of Scotland suggested a Brittonic origin, and the name was thought likely to be Brittonic by most commentators thereafter.