Stirlin is a ceitie an umwhyl auntient burgh in Scotland, an is at the hert o the wyder Stirlin cooncil aurie. The ceitie is gethert aboot a mukkil fortress an medieval auld-toun beside the River Forth. Historicalie it wis strategically important as the "Gatewey til the Hielands", wi its steid naur the mairch atwein the Scots Lawlands an Hielands, an its crossin o the Forth, the naurest til the river mooth.