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|text='''Stirling''' is a city and ancient burgh in [[Stirlingshire]]. The city is gathered around a large fortress and medieval old-town beside the River Forth. Historically Stirling was strategically important as the "Gateway to the Highlands"; it held the lowest bridge over the River Forth flowing eastward and to the west the mountains and ultimately the Clyde bar the way north or south, leaving Stirling standing in a narrow neck of passable land joining the Lowlands to the Highlands. | |text='''Stirling''' is a city and ancient burgh in [[Stirlingshire]]. The city is gathered around a large fortress and medieval old-town beside the River Forth. Historically Stirling was strategically important as the "Gateway to the Highlands"; it held the lowest bridge over the River Forth flowing eastward and to the west the mountains and ultimately the Clyde bar the way north or south, leaving Stirling standing in a narrow neck of passable land joining the Lowlands to the Highlands. | ||
Stirling was created a Royal burgh by King David I in 1130. In 2002, as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, Stirling was granted city status}}<noinclude> | Stirling was created a Royal burgh by King David I in 1130. In 2002, as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, Stirling was granted city status.}}<noinclude> | ||
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