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 kilometres) south-east of Alloa and 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, until Alloa overtook it in dimension as well as importance. According to a 2009 quote the population of the settlement of Clackmannan is 3,348 residents. 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 town square close to the Tolbooth or Tollbooth Tower, which dates from 1592. Throughout the 12th century, the area created part of the lands regulated by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it became connected with the Bruce family, that, throughout the 14th century, developed a tactical tower-house. It still stands over the community according to Historic Scotland, however entry is forbidden (due to subsidence). 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 named after famous coalfields from throughout the world. The Clackmannan Team is the name given to a collection of rocks of late Dinantian and Namurian age set throughout the Carboniferous duration in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.