Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a town and 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 as well as 3.2 miles (5.1 kilometres) south of Tillicoultry. The community is within the area of Clackmannanshire, of which it was previously the county town, up until Alloa surpassed it in size as well as value. According to a 2009 quote the population of the negotiation of Clackmannan is 3,348 locals. The name of the community refers to the Stone of Manau or Stone of Mannan, a pre-Christian monument that can be seen in the town square beside the Tolbooth or Tollbooth Tower, which dates from 1592. Throughout the 12th century, the location formed part of the lands regulated by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it came to be related to the Bruce family, that, during the 14th century, constructed a calculated tower-house. It still stands above the community according to Historic Scotland, but entrance is restricted (as a result of decrease). A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde is called after Clackmannan. Because Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have actually been called after well-known coalfields from throughout the world. The Clackmannan Group is the name provided to a collection of rocks of late Dinantian as well as Namurian age laid down throughout the Carboniferous duration in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
