Stirlingshire Ancestry Tours

Stirlingshire consists of a main portion and two detached sections to the NE. included in Perthshire and Clackmannanshire; is bounded North by Perthshire, North East. by Clackmannanshire and a detached portion of Perthshire, East by the Firth of Forth and Linlithgowshire, South by Linlithgowshire, Lanarkshire, and detached part of Dumbartonshire, and West by Dumbartonshire; greatest length, NW. and SE., 46 miles; greatest breadth, NE. and SW., 22 miles; area, 286,338 ac., pop. 112,443. The E. part of the co. is flat, finely wooded, and well cultivated; and the valley of the Forth along the N. boundary includes some of the finest land in Scotland. The middle and S. are occupied with hills and valleys, the principal ridges being the Campsie Fells and Kilsyth Hills, and the Fintry Hills and Gargunnock Hills. On the W. a long projection extends northwards, including a mountainous district in which Ben Lomond rises to an alt. of 3192 ft., and parts of Loch Lomond and Loch Katrine. Besides the Forth, the chief streams are the Avon, Carron, Bannock, Allan, Endrick, and Blane. Coal and ironstone are extensively worked; limestone and sandstone are abundant. There are important manufactures of woollens, cotton, and iron; and there are several large chemical works and distilleries. Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887. Tour Stirlingshire, Scotland, on an Ancestry Tour of Scotland. Best Scottish Tours, Best Scottish Food, Best Scottish Hotels, Small Group Tours of Scotland.