Stirlingshire

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county of Scotland historic county

Stirlingshire is a historic county in central Scotland centered on the city of Stirling, known for its strategic location and rich medieval and early modern history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Trossachs area 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Scotland ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
borderedBy Argyll and Bute ⓘ
surface form: Argyllshire (historically, at Loch Lomond)

Clackmannanshire ⓘ
Dumbartonshire ⓘ
surface form: Dunbartonshire

Lanarkshire ⓘ
Perth and Kinross ⓘ
surface form: Perthshire

West Lothian ⓘ
containsFeature Campsie Fells ⓘ
Carse of Stirling ⓘ
Forth Valley ⓘ
Loch Lomond ⓘ
surface form: Loch Lomond (eastern shores)

River Forth ⓘ
Trossachs ⓘ
containsHistoricSite Antonine Wall ⓘ
surface form: Antonine Wall sections

Battle of Bannockburn ⓘ
surface form: Bannockburn battlefield

Cambuskenneth Abbey ⓘ
Doune Castle ⓘ
Falkirk Wheel vicinity ⓘ
Stirling Castle ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
countryCode GB ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCentre Stirling ⓘ
hasHistoricCountyNumber 18 ⓘ
hasHistoricCountyTown Stirling ⓘ
hasHistoricParliamentaryConstituency Stirling Burghs (shared burgh constituency) ⓘ
Stirling (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
surface form: Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)
hasHistoricRegion Lennox (part) ⓘ
Menteith ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Balfron ⓘ
Bannockburn ⓘ
Bridge of Allan ⓘ
Callander ⓘ
Denny ⓘ
Doune ⓘ
Falkirk ⓘ
Grangemouth ⓘ
Killearn ⓘ
Kilsyth ⓘ
Larbert ⓘ
Lennoxtown ⓘ
Stirling ⓘ
knownFor rich medieval and early modern history ⓘ
strategic location controlling Highland–Lowland routes ⓘ
locatedIn central Scotland ⓘ
namedAfter Stirling ⓘ
successorAdministrativeArea Central Region (part) ⓘ
East Dunbartonshire council area (part) ⓘ
Falkirk council area ⓘ
surface form: Falkirk council area (part)

North Lanarkshire council area (small part) ⓘ
Stirling council area ⓘ
surface form: Stirling council area (part)
timeZone Europe/London ⓘ
wasAbolishedAsAdministrativeCounty 1975 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lanarkshire → borderedBy → Stirlingshire ⓘ
Central Lowlands of Scotland → contains → Stirlingshire ⓘ
Falkirk → historicCounty → Stirlingshire ⓘ
Stirling → historicalRegion → Stirlingshire ⓘ
Aberfoyle → locatedIn → Stirlingshire ⓘ
River Carron → locatedIn → Stirlingshire ⓘ
Falkirk → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Stirlingshire ⓘ
Grangemouth → locatedInHistoricCounty → Stirlingshire ⓘ
Earl of Menteith → region → Stirlingshire ⓘ
A84 road → regionServed → Stirlingshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trossachs area