Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a village as well as civil parish embeded in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Positioned within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south-east of Alloa and also 3.2 miles (5.1 kilometres) south of Tillicoultry. The community is within the region of Clackmannanshire, of which it was previously the county town, till Alloa surpassed it in size as well as relevance. According to a 2009 estimate the population of the negotiation of Clackmannan is 3,348 homeowners. The name of the town refers to the Stone of Manau or Stone of Mannan, a pre-Christian monolith that can be seen in the community square beside the Tolbooth or Tollbooth Tower, which dates from 1592. Throughout the 12th century, the area developed part of the lands managed by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later on it became related to the Bruce household, that, throughout the 14th century, constructed a critical tower-house. It still stands above the town according to Historic Scotland, yet entry is forbidden (due to decrease). A crater on planet 253 Mathilde is named after Clackmannan. Due to the fact that Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have been called after popular coalfields from across the world. The Clackmannan Group is the name given to a suite of rocks of late Dinantian as well as Namurian age put down during the Carboniferous duration in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was made by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
