Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a historic county and

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Registers of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. of

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. Its county town is

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

. It borders

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to the north, Clackmannanshire and

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to the east,

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to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-east and south-west (this latter boundary is split in two owing to Dunbartonshire's

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Coat of arms

The County Council of Stirling was granted a

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King of Arms on 29 September 1890. The design of the arms commemorated the Scottish victory at the

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in the county. On the silver

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on blue of St Andrew was placed the rampant red lion from the

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. Around this were placed two

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s and two spur-rowels recalling the use of the weapons against the English cavalry. On the abolition of the Local Government council in 1975, the arms were regranted to the Local Government Stirling District Council. They were regranted a second time in 1996 to the present Local Government Stirling Council, with the addition of supporters (a goshawk and a wolf).

History

Battle of Bannockburn - Bruce addresses troops

In 1130, Stirling, one of the principal royal strongholds of the

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, was created a

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King David I David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim (Modern: ''Daibhidh I mac haoilChaluim''; – 24 May 1153) was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of Malcol ...

. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and

William Wallace Sir William Wallace ( gd, Uilleam Uallas, ; Norman French: ; 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army ...

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

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. On 22 July 1298 the

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saw the defeat of

by King

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. On 24 June 1314 the

at Bannockburn, (''Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich'' in

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) was a significant Scottish victory in the

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. It was one of the decisive battles of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 June 1488 the Battle of Sauchieburn was fought at the side of Sauchie Burn, a stream about two miles south of

, Stirlingshire, Scotland. The battle was fought between the followers of King

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and a large group of rebellious Scottish nobles including

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, nominally led by the king's 15-year-old son, Prince James, Duke of Rothesay (reigned 1488–1513). In 1645 the

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army under General William Baillie formed near Banton for their engagement with the Royalist forces under the command of Montrose at the

Battle of Kilsyth The Battle of Kilsyth, fought on 15 August 1645 near Kilsyth, was an engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The largest battle of the conflict in Scotland, it resulted in victory for the Royalist general Montrose over the forces of t ...

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, on 15 August 1645; a major battle of the

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. The Battle of Falkirk Muir on 17 January 1746 saw the Jacobites under

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defeat a government army commanded by Lieutenant General

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Stirling Council Offices Entrance (geograph 2912018)

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 established a uniform system of

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s in Scotland and realigned the boundaries of many of Scotland's counties. Subsequently, Stirlingshire County Council was created in 1890. Stirlingshire County Council was based at based at County Buildings in Barton Street, a structure which was completed in 1875, and then moved to

Old Viewforth Old Viewforth is a municipal facility on Pitt Terrace in Stirling, Scotland. The facility, which is the headquarters of Stirling Council, is a Category B listed building. History The first house on the site, which was known as "Viewforth" was ...

in 1931.

Geography

Stirlingshire occupies a strategic position on the

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- Clyde isthmus commanding the main overland routes from

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and

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up to central and northern Scotland. Loch lomond1

The western 'arm' of The county is sparsely populated and dominated by

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, which it shares with Dunbartonshire, and the

Trossachs The Trossachs (; gd, Na Tròiseachan) generally refers to an area of wooded glens, braes, and lochs lying to the east of Ben Lomond in the Stirling council area of Scotland. The name is taken from that of a small woodland glen that lies at t ...

(now a

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); Ben Lomond is located here and is the highest point in Stirlingshire at 974 m (3,196 ft), and 9th in Scotland. Several island's within Loch Lomond belong to Stirlingshire, the chief of these being Eilean nan Deargannan, Bucinch, Ceardach, Inchcruin, Inchfad, Ellanderroch, Inchcailloch and

Clairinsh Clairinsh or Clairinch (Scottish Gaelic: Clàr-Innis) is an island in Loch Lomond, central Scotland. The island lies just east of Inchcailloch, is approximately 1 km SW of Balmaha, and measures 450m NE to SW by 200m at its widest point. T ...

. On the north-eastern boundary with Perthshire a small portion of

Loch Katrine Loch Katrine (; or ) is a freshwater loch in the Trossachs area of the Scottish Highlands, east of Loch Lomond, within the historic county and registration county of Perthshire and the contemporary district of Stirling. The loch is about ...

lies within Stirlingshire, and also the smaller

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can be found here. Small Island in Carron Valley Reservoir - geograph

Central Stirlingshire is dominated by the

Carron Valley Reservoir The Carron ( Gaelic: ''Carrann'') is a river in central Scotland, rising in the Campsie Fells and flowing along Strathcarron into the Firth of Forth. It has given its name to several locations in Stirlingshire, as well as a type of cannon, a li ...

and the Campsie Fells, Kilsyth Hills and

Gargunnock Hills The Gargunnock Hills are a range of hills west of the city of Stirling, Scotland. They culminate in the peak of Carleatheran, whose summit is crowned by a trigonometrical pillar. The Gargunnock Hills are separated from the Fintry Hills to their ...

, with the larger towns such as Lennoxtown and Kilsyth spread out along the southern border and A891/A803 roads. The south-western corner of the county around

Milngavie Milngavie ( ; gd, Muileann-Ghaidh) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland and a suburb of Glasgow. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden. Mi ...

abuts the Greater Glasgow conurbation and contains several small reservoirs and lochs, such as Burncrooks Reservoir, Kilmannan Reservoir, Carbeth Loch, Craigallian Loch, Dumbrock Loch, Mugdock Loch, Mugdock/Craigmaddie Reservoir and Bardowie Loch. The area east of the M80 is generally much flatter and contains the bulk of the county's population, with the

Firth of Forth The Firth of Forth () is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. Name ''Firth'' is a cognate of ''fjord'', a Norse word meani ...

providing access to the

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Transport

The bulk of Stirlingshire's motorway network lies in the eastern third of the county where the population is most concentrated; these include the M80 running north–south and connecting Stirling and Denny to Cumbernauld, and the M9 linking the eastern towns to Edinburgh. Various A roads form a circle around central Stirlingshire, with the rest of the county served by B roads. Various ferries enable passengers to cross Loch Lomond in the far west, and the Kincardine Bridge in the far east provides access to Fife and Clackmannanshire. Only the eastern third of the county is connected by rail, with the exception of

Milngavie railway station Milngavie railway station serves the town of Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow in Scotland. The station is sited from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill. The station is managed by ScotRail, who also operate all services at ...

in the far south-west which provides access to Glasgow. The rail lines connect the towns of the eastern conurbation to each other and on to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cumbernauld and Perth.

Civil parishes

In 2001, according to the website of the

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, there were 871 civil parishes.

List of civil parishes in Scotland This is a list of the 871 civil parishes in Scotland. *The 871 parishes are listed here Context From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish counc ...

Civil parishes are still used for some statistical purposes, and separate census figures are published for them. As their areas have been largely unchanged since the 19th century this allows for comparison of population figures over an extended period of time. Following the boundary changes caused by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, Stirlingshire contained the following civil parishes: * Airth (No.1 on Map A) *

Baldernock Baldernock (;G.M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 9. Gaelic: ''Baile D' Earnaig'') meaning 'settlement of St Earnaig' (Iain Mac an Táilleir, Sabhall Mór Ostaig) is a small parish in East Dunbartons ...

(2) * Balfron (3) *Bothkennar, Barony of Newton (4) *

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(5) * Campsie (6) * Denny (7) * Drymen (8) * Dunipace (9) *

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had ...

(10) * Fintry (11) *

Gargunnock Gargunnock is a small village in the Stirling council area, west of Stirling, in Scotland. The census population was 912. It is situated on the south edge of the Carse of Stirling, at the foot of the Gargunnock Hills, part of the Campsie Fel ...

(12) * Killearn (13) *

(14) * Kippen (15) * Larbert (16) * Logie (23) *Muiravonside (refer

Maddiston Maddiston is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies west-southwest of Linlithgow, south of Polmont and south-east of Rumford at the south-east edge of the Falkirk urban area. Population Based on the United Kingdom 2001 ce ...

) (17) * Polmont (18) *

St. Ninians St. Ninians is a long-standing settlement which is now a district of the city of Stirling in central Scotland. It is located approximately one mile south of the city centre. It was originally known as Eccles (i.e. 'church'), and may have bee ...

(19) * Slamannan (20) * Strathblane (21) *

(22)

Burghs

*The

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(from the 12th century) (No. 2 on map) *The Burgh of Bridge of Allan (a police burgh from 1870) (1) *The Burgh of Denny and Dunipace (a police burgh from 1877) (4) *The Burgh of

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from 1600, reformed 1832) (5) *The Burgh of

Grangemouth Grangemouth ( sco, Grangemooth; gd, Inbhir Ghrainnse, ) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkir ...

(a police burgh from 1877) (6) *The Burgh of

(a burgh of barony from 1620, a police burgh from 1878) (3) In 1930 Falkirk and Stirling became large burghs, taking over some of the duties of the county council. The remaining four burghs became "small burghs", with limited powers.

Towns and villages

Some Stirlingshire towns listed in the Registers of Scotland, Land Register Counties. * Airth see Civil Parish * Allandale * Arnprior * Auchenbowie * Auchenreoch *

Avonbridge Avonbridge ( gd, Drochaid na h-Aibhne) Drochaid na h-Aibhne
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Bainsford Bainsford is a small village within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is situated in the Forth Valley, north of the town of Falkirk. It is positioned between the River Carron and the Forth and Clyde Canal to the north and sout ...

* Balfron * Balmaha * Balmore * Banknock *Bankside * Bannockburn * Banton *

Bardowie Bardowie is a hamlet in East Dunbartonshire located within the civil parish of Baldernock. It is from Milngavie and from Strathblane. Along with other settlements in Baldernock, it was part of Stirlingshire until 1975, when Bardowie became par ...

Barnellan Barnellan is a small hamlet in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, situated in the civil parish of Baldernock. It consists of a few houses and a farm, the latter of which it got its name from. The nearest primary school A primary school (in I ...

* Blairlogie * Blanefield * Bonnybridge *

Boquhan Boquhan (pronounced Bowhan) is a hamlet in Stirling, Scotland, sometimes known as Wester Boquhan to distinguish it from the other nearby Boquhan, near Kippen. The hamlet lies southwest of the village of Balfron and northeast of Killearn. Just ...

*Bothkennar Barony of Newton see Civil Parish * Bridge of Allan see Civil Parish *

Brightons Brightons is a village in the east of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is south-east of Falkirk, south of Grangemouth and east of Linlithgow. It is surrounded by the villages of Polmont, Wallacestone and Rumford. It is central withi ...

Buchlyvie Buchlyvie is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is situated west of Stirling and north of Glasgow. Lying within the Carse of Forth, to the north is Flanders Moss and to the south are the Campsie Fells. The village lies on th ...

Burgh of Barony. 1672 *

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* Callendar Park * Cambusbarron *

Camelon Camelon (; sco, Caimlan, gd, Camlann)
is a large set ...

* Carron * Carronshore * Castlecary *Causewayhead *Chartershall *Cornton (CODY) *

Cowie Cowie may refer to: People * Cowie (surname) Places *Cowie, Aberdeenshire, an historic fishing village located at the north side of Stonehaven, Scotland **Cowie Castle, a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland ** Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nath ...

*Craigforth *Craigmill * Craigton * Croftamie * Denny see Civil Parish * Dennyloanhead *Drip Bridge * Drymen see Civil Parish * Dumgoyne * Dunipace * Dunmore *

see Civil Parish * Fallin *

Fankerton Fankerton is a small village which lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is west of Denny and west-northwest of Falkirk. The village is located on the south side of the River Carron along the B818 road on the outskir ...

* Fintry see Civil Parish *

see Civil Parish * Gartness * Glen Village * Glensburgh *

* Haggs * Haughhead *High Bonnybridge *

Inversnaid Inversnaid (Scottish Gaelic: ''Inbhir Snàthaid'') is a small rural community on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland, near the north end of the loch. It has a pier and a hotel, and the West Highland Way passes through the area. A small pas ...

* Kelvinhead *Kersemill *Kildean * Killearn see Civil Parish *

see Civil Parish * Kippen see Civil Parish * Larbert see Civil Parish * Laurieston * Lennoxtown * Letham *

Limerigg Limerigg is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies on the B825 road between Slamannan and Caldercruix surrounded by extensive woodlands on the northern side and lying next to the Black Loch, which formerly fed the Monkland Cana ...

* Logie see Civil Parish * Longcroft *

* Milarrochy *Millhall *Old Plean *Old Sauchie *

Plean Plean is a village, in the Stirling council area of central Scotland, located on the main A9 road from Falkirk. At the 2001 census, Plean had a population of 1,740. Plean has some historic buildings, some council houses and an estate. Landmar ...

* Polmont see Civil Parish * Queenzieburn *

Raploch Raploch, known locally as The Raploch or The Raptap, is a district of the city of Stirling, which lies to the south of the River Forth in central Scotland. The first houses were built in the late 17th century, after the land had been sold by t ...

* Redding * Reddingmuirhead *

Rowardennan Rowardennan ( Gaelic: ''Rubha Aird Eònain'') is a small rural community on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond in Stirling council, Scotland. It is mainly known as the starting point for the main path up Ben Lomond. Rowardennan is at the norther ...

* Rumford *Sauchieburn * Shieldhill *

Skinflats Skinflats is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is located north-west of Grangemouth, east of Carronshore and north-east of Falkirk. It lies on the A905 road between Glensburgh and Airth, near to the River Carron and ...

* Slamannan see Civil Parish * South Alloa *

see Civil Parish * St Ninians see Civil Parish * Standburn * Strathblane * Stenhousemuir *

*Stoneywood * Strathblane see Civil Parish *

Throsk Throsk (In gd, Badan Deathach, meaning the thicket among the mist) is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It lies on the A905 road east of Fallin close to the River Forth. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the populati ...

* Torrance *

Torwood Torwood ( gd, Coille Tor) is a small village located north-northwest of Larbert, north-west of Falkirk and south-southeast of Stirling. Torwood lies within the Falkirk Council area of Scotland. The population recorded in the 2011 UK Census wa ...

*Touch *

Wallacestone Wallacestone is a village in the area of Falkirk, central Scotland. It lies south-west of Polmont, south-east of Falkirk and north-east of California. The population of Wallacestone was recorded as 746 residents at the time of the 2001 cen ...

* Westquarter * Whins of Milton * Whitecross File:Strathblane.jpg, Strathblane in south-west Stirlingshire File:Milngavie TC.jpg, Milngavie, on the northern fringes of Glasgow File:Bridge of Allan in 2004 - geograph.org.uk - 253851.jpg, Bridge of Allen in north-east Stirlingshire File:Stirling from Braehead - December 2004 - geograph.org.uk - 254316.jpg, Stirling, the county town File:FalkirkHighStreet.jpg, Falkirk town centre

Local government

Until the 1890s the county had two small exclaves: part of the parish of Logie, which was surrounded by

, and the parish of Alva, locally in Clackmannanshire. The Perthshire part of Logie was added to Stirlingshire, while Alva was annexed by Clackmannanshire. In 1894 parish Local Government councils were established for the civil parishes, replacing the previous parochial boards. The Local Government parish councils were in turn superseded by Local Government district councils in 1930. In 1930 the parishes ceased to be used for local government purposes, and the landward area of the county (the part outside the burghs) was divided into eight Local Government districts. These Local Government districts were abolished in 1975. *County of Stirling Central No.1 *County of Stirling Central No.2 (Denny, Dunipace and Kilsyth areas) *County of Stirling Eastern No.1 (parishes of Airth and Larbert) *County of Stirling Eastern No.2 (Falkirk and Slamannan) *County of Stirling Eastern No.3 (parishes of Polmont and Muiravonside) *County of Stirling Western No.1 *County of Stirling Western No.2 *County of Stirling Western No.3 (Baldernock, Campsie, Strathblane) In the 1973 reorganisation of local government in Scotland, most of Stirlingshire was included in the Central Region, with Kilsyth and surrounding area becoming part of the

Strathclyde Region Strathclyde ( in Gaelic, meaning "strath (valley) of the River Clyde") was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government ...

. Since a further reorganisation in 1996, the area has been part of the Local Government council areas of : *

(note that this polity has drastically different boundaries to historic Stirlingshire) *

East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire ( sco, Aest Dunbartanshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bear ...

* North Lanarkshire

Parliamentary constituencies

Following the Act of Union, Stirlingshire returned members to the House of Commons of the

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from 1708.

1707–1918

*The Royal Burgh of Stirling formed part of the Stirling burghs constituency along with burghs in Fife and Perthshire. *The Burgh of Falkirk formed part of Falkirk Burghs, along with burghs in Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire. *The remainder of the county returned a single member as the parliamentary county of Stirlingshire. The detached parish of Alva was annexed to the constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832.

1918–1975

In 1918 seats in the House of Commons were redistributed. Stirlingshire was thereafter represented by three members of parliament. *The burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth formed the Stirling and Falkirk burghs constituency. in 1974 the constituency was renamed Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth. *The eastern part of the county (defined in 1948 and 1970 as the Eastern No. 1, Eastern No. 2 and Eastern No. 3 Districts) was combined with Clackmannanshire to form Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire. *The remainder of the county was included in the constituency of West Stirlingshire (named Stirling and Clackmannan West until 1945). The area included in the constituency was defined in 1948 and 1970 as the burghs of Bridge of Allan, Denny and Dunipace and Kilsyth; and the Central No. 1, Central No. 2, Western No. 1, Western No. 2 and Western No. 3 districts. These boundaries continued in use until 1983, when new constituencies were formed based on the Local Government regions and districts created in 1975.

List of listed buildings

Notable residents

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Gallery

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Wallace Monument The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a 67 metre tower on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish hero ...

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from the Wallace Monument

References

External links

William Nimmo's ''The History of Stirlingshire''
at Electric Scotland *"The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland". Vol.II. by Rev. John Marius Wilson. https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft#page/n815/mode/1up
Entry on Stirlingshire, from ''A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'' by Samuel Lewis, London, 1846 (British History Online)
*Heritage Paths. http://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=387
Map of Stirlingshire
on Wikishire {{Coord, 56, 15, N, 4, 15, W, region:GB_type:adm1st_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Counties of Scotland Counties of the United Kingdom (1801–1922)