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(126), a midland county of Scotland, stretching E. and W. from Dumb art on (W.) to the Forth (E.); between Lanark (S.) and Perth (N.) it forms the borderland between the Lowlands and the Highlands; Loch Lomond skirts the western border, and on the northern Loch Katrine, stretching into Perth shire; Ben Lomond and le er heights rise in the NW.; main streams are the Avon, Carron, Bannock, .; between Alloa and Stirling stretches the fertile and well-cultivated plain, "The Carse of Stirling"; in the W. lies a portion of the great western coal-field, from which coal and iron-stone are largely extracted; principal towns are Stirling ( q. v .), Falkirk, and Kilsyth; interesting remains of Ant on in us' Wall, from Forth to Clyde, still exist; within its borders were fought the battles of Bannock burn, Sauchieburn, Stirling Bridge, Falkirk, .