Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a village and civil parish embeded in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Positioned within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles (2.9 kilometres) south-east of Alloa and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south of Tillicoultry. The community is within the area of Clackmannanshire, of which it was formerly the county town, till Alloa overtook it in size as well as relevance. According to a 2009 quote the population of the settlement of Clackmannan is 3,348 citizens. The name of the town refers to the Stone of Manau or Stone of Mannan, a pre-Christian monument 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 regulated by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it came to be connected with the Bruce family members, that, during the 14th century, built a critical tower-house. It still stands over the community according to Historic Scotland, but entry is forbidden (because of decrease). A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde is named after Clackmannan. Since Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have been named after well-known coalfields from across the globe. The Clackmannan Team is the name offered to a suite of rocks of late Dinantian and also Namurian age put down during the Carboniferous duration in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was created by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
