The world’s oldest football was found behind an oak panel in Stirling Castle. It has been dated to around 1540.
- Stirling is a city in central Scotland. The city is clustered around a large fortress and medieval old town. Stirling is traditionally the county town of Stirlingshire.
- The city is located several miles to the west of the mouth of the River Forth. Historically it was strategically important as the “Gateway to the Highlands”, with its position near the Highland Boundary Fault between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands and has been described as the brooch which clasps the Highlands and the Lowlands together.