Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles (2.9 kilometres) south-east of Alloa and 3.2 miles (5.1 kilometres) south of Tillicoultry. The community is within the county of Clackmannanshire, of which it was previously the county town, up until Alloa surpassed it in size and significance. According to a 2009 estimate the population of the settlement of Clackmannan is 3,348 locals. The name of the town describes the Stone of Manau or Stone of Mannan, a pre-Christian monolith that can be seen in the town square next to the Tolbooth or Tollbooth Tower, which dates from 1592. Throughout the 12th century, the location created part of the lands controlled by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later on it ended up being related to the Bruce family members, that, throughout the 14th century, built a strategic tower-house. It still stands over the community according to Historic Scotland, but entrance is prohibited (as a result of subsidence). A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde is called after Clackmannan. Because Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have actually been named after renowned coalfields from across the globe. The Clackmannan Team is the name provided to a collection of rocks of late Dinantian and also Namurian age laid down during the Carboniferous period in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was made by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
