Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Located within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles (2.9 kilometres) south-east of Alloa as well as 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south of Tillicoultry. The town is within the county of Clackmannanshire, of which it was previously the county town, till Alloa surpassed it in dimension as well as value. According to a 2009 price quote the population of the settlement of Clackmannan is 3,348 residents. The name of the community describes the Stone of Manau or Stone of Mannan, a pre-Christian monolith that can be seen in the town square beside the Tolbooth or Tollbooth Tower, which dates from 1592. Throughout the 12th century, the location developed part of the lands regulated by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later on it became connected with the Bruce family, who, during the 14th century, developed a critical tower-house. It still stands over the town according to Historic Scotland, yet entrance is forbidden (due to decrease). A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde is named after Clackmannan. Due to the fact that Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have actually been named after well-known coalfields from throughout the world. The Clackmannan Team is the name provided to a suite of rocks of late Dinantian and Namurian age set throughout the Carboniferous period in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
