Stirling is the largest city in Central Scotland. The city is
clustered around a large fortress and medieval old-town. Stirling is the
administrative centre for the Stirling council area. The city is located at the
mouth of the River Forth. Historically it was strategically important as the
"Gateway to the Highlands", with its position near the Highland
Boundary Fault between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, indeed, it has been
described as the brooch which clasps
the Highlands and the Lowlands together. Its historical position as the
nearest crossing of the
