Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a village as well as civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Located within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south-east of Alloa and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south of Tillicoultry. The town is within the area of Clackmannanshire, of which it was previously the county town, until Alloa surpassed it in size as well as significance. According to a 2009 quote the population of the settlement of Clackmannan is 3,348 homeowners. The name of the town describes the Stone of Manau or Stone of Mannan, a pre-Christian monument that can be seen in the community square next to the Tolbooth or Tollbooth Tower, which dates from 1592. During the 12th century, the area formed part of the lands managed by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it came to be related to the Bruce household, that, throughout the 14th century, constructed a critical tower-house. It still stands over the town according to Historic Scotland, however access is forbidden (as a result of 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 been named after renowned coalfields from throughout the world. The Clackmannan Group is the name provided to a collection of rocks of late Dinantian and Namurian age set during the Carboniferous period in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was created by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
