STIRLING

(56° 7’ N., 3° 56’ W.,), royal burgh, on Forth, Stir lings hire, Scotland; birthplace and residence of early Stewart kings; fine old fortified castle, with Heading Hill; parish church XV. cent., Guildhall, Smith Institute with picture-gallery and museum, old four arch bridge, c. XIV. cent., Cam bus kenneth Abbey, founded 1147, Wallace Monument on neighboring Abbey Craig. S. is surrounded by battlefields, Bannock burn, etc.; Wallace defeated English at Stirling Bridge, 1297; besieged by English under Edward L., 1304; taken by Monk, 1651; unsucce ful siege of Jacobites, 1746. Chief rubber goods, agricultural implements. Pop. 1921, 21,345.