STEWARTFIELD, seat in Jedburgh parish, Roxburgh.

STEWARTHALL, seat near Crossford, Lanarkshire.

STEWARTON, town and parish in Cunningham district, Ayrshire. The town stands on Annock rivulet, 5 miles north-by-west of Kilmarnock; sprang from an obscure village of ancient date ; presents an appearance much superior to that of most third-rate towns ; comprises portions called Townhead, Darlington, and Kirk-ford ; carries on extensive and various woollen manufactures ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Ayrshire, a railway station, 3 banking offices, a town hall, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, Congregational, and Methodist churches, a large educational institute, and a primary educational school. Pop. 3130. The parish measures nearly 10 miles by 4, and comprises 13,626 acres. Real property in 1879-80, 29,189. Pop. 4309. The surface on the north-east border is somewhat high, descends thence gradually towards the south-west, and exhibits a pleasing diversity of rising-grounds, slopes, and flats. Limestone and sandstone are extensively worked, and coal exists in thin seams. Chief seats are Lainshaw, Robertland, Kennox, and Gir-genti ; and chief antiquities are remains of two castles, and site of an ancient chapel. There are 3 schools for 702 scholars, and 1 of them for 430 is new.

STEWARTON, suburb of Wishaw, Lanarkshire.

STEWARTON, part of Campbelton village, Inverness-shire.

STEWARTON, village, more commonly called Kirkcolm, in Wigtonshire.

STEWART'S RAISS, ancient tower on Levern rivulet, 4 miles south-south-east of Paisley, Renfrewshire.

STICKS, small detached district of Weem parish, Perth.

STILAIG, small headland on east side of head of Loch Fyne, Argyleshire.

STINCHAR, river, running about 30 miles south-westward to the sea in vicinity of Ballantrae, near south-west extremity of Ayrshire.

STIRKOKE, seat and public school about 2| miles west-south-west of "Wick, and fine strath extending about 12 miles west-north-westward from Wick Bay to Watten Lake, in Caithness.

STIRKRIGG, site of Roman camp in Bedrule parish, Roxburghshire.

STIRLING, town on north border of Stirlingshire, and parish partly also in Clackmannanshire. The town stands on right bank of the Forth, 36 miles north-west of Edinburgh ; had military command, till modern times, over chief communication between the Lowlands and the Highlands ; was probably a powerful strategic place of the ancient Caledonians, the Romans, and the Picts ; had and retains a strong castle dating from times unknown to record ; was intermittingly, through large aggregate of years, the metropolis of Scotland from the time of Malcolm Canmore till that of James vi. ; figured prominently in national events, both martial and political, till the end of the rebellion of 1745^46 ; ranks now as a royal burgh within ancient limits,, a parliamentary burgh with extended boundaries, a seat of justiciary courts, and the capital of Stirlingshire ; unites with Dunfennline, Inverkeithing, Culross, and Queensferry in sending a member to Parliament ; occupies a site, presents features, is widely engirt with environs, of remarkable picturesqueness, and both contains and adjoins view-points of very striking interest ; and has a head post office with all departments, a commodious central railway station, 7 banking offices, 5 hotels, many important ancient edifices and monuments, numerous handsome modern public buildings, 4 Established churches, 4 Free churches, 3 United Presbyterian churches, Congregational, Baptist, Wesleyan, Episcopalian, and Roman Catholic churches, and a remarkable number of educational, philanthropic, and miscellaneous institutions. Its site is partly an isolated hill similar to that of the original Old Town of Edinburgh, rising gradually to an altitude of 340 feet with sudden termination in mural cliffs, and partly a circumjacent plain diversified by eruptive masses and gentle slopes. The old streets occupy most of the hill, and are variously antique, modernized, narrow, and spacious; and the new streets occupy adjacent parts of the plain, exhibit much diversity of alignment and structure, and include an extensive wing of beautiful terraces, places, and crescents. Part of a strong wall which engirt the ancient town is still standing ; a very fine wooded public airing-ground, called the Back Walk, curves round the exterior of the wall's base ; a series of curious remains of ancient royal gardens are at the skirt of part of the Back Walk ; and the King's Park, measuring about 3 miles in circuit, and once profusely embellished, but now unadorned, adjoins these remains. The castle crowns the summit of the hill, and forms a bold feature in an extensive landscape; is separated from the town's head by an esplanade, used as a parade ground ; retains massive features of great military strength, but serves now only as a barrack garrison ; and has, around two courts, a quondam parliament hall erected by James ill., a quondam royal palace erected by James v., a quondam chapel-royal rebuilt by James VI., and an edifice of 1856 on site of the apartment in which James II. slew the Earl of Douglas. A depression, called the Valley, lies adjacent to the castle's esplanade ; was long used for tournaments and other feats of chivalry; and, together with adjacent slopes, is now occupied by ornate gardens, and by a modern cemetery containing many interesting monuments. Argyle's House, in Castle "Wynd, is a large quadrangular edifice of 1633, and was long a palatial residence. Mar's "Work, at head of Broad Street, was erected by the Regent Mar about 1570, and is now a haggard ruin. The Town. Hall, adjacent to that ruin, was erected in 1701, and has a steeple with finely toned bell. The Guild Hall, on brink of west shoulder of the hill, is a pinnacled edifice of 1637. The Public Hall, in Dumbarton Koad, was erected in 1882 at a cost of about 6000. The new Prison, near the Guild Hall, is a castellated structure of 1846-48, and makes a prominent figure. The County Buildings, in Barton Place, are a handsome erection of 1874. Smith's Institute, adjacent to skirt of Back "Walk, was erected and largely endowed in 1874, and contains spacious picture galleries, museums, reading-room, and library, free to the public. The Athenpeum, in centre of the town, is a modern edifice with lofty spire. Greyfriar's church dates from 1494, measures 200 feet by 52, and is divided into two parochial churches, East and West. One of the other parochial churches, 1 of the Free Churches, and 2 of the United Presbyterian churches, are fine steepled Gothic edifices ; and another of the Free churches is a handsome edifice of 1882. The Episcopalian church, in Dumbarton Road, was erected in 1878, at a cost of 14,000. A monument to King Robert Bruce, a pedes-talled standing statue, is on the castle esplanade, and was erected in 1877. A small mausoleum monument to Rev. Ebenezer Erskine is on a neat plot in front of Erskine United Presbyterian church. Two hand-some bridges take the North British and the Caledonian railways across the Forth; and the North British one, in 3 spans of 105, 108, and 105 feet, was rebuilt in 1881. A remarkable number of handsome buildings, both semi-public and private, was erected in 1880-82. Real property of the parliamentary burgh in 1880-81, 71,063. Pop. 16,001. The parish contains also the villages of Raploch and Abbey, but excludes small part of the royal burgh and large part of the parliamentary burgh ; and it comprises 1212 acres in Stirlingshire, and 200 in Clackmannanshire. Real property of landward parts in 1880-81, 1883 and 819. Pop., quoad civilia, 13,469; quoad sacra, 8901. The Forth, flowing in serpentine folds, traces most of the northern boundary, but runs across some small sections. The land outside of the town's site is partly carse and partly what is locally called dryfield. A chief object of interest is Cambuskenneth Abbey. There are 19 schools for 3161 scholars, and 2 of them for 755 are new.