Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a town as well as 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 town is within the area of Clackmannanshire, of which it was formerly the county town, until Alloa overtook it in dimension and relevance. According to a 2009 estimate 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 monolith that can be seen in the town square beside the Tolbooth or Tollbooth Tower, which dates from 1592. Throughout the 12th century, the area formed part of the lands managed by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it became related to the Bruce household, who, throughout the 14th century, developed a critical tower-house. It still stands above the community according to Historic Scotland, yet entry is prohibited (because of subsidence). A crater on planet 253 Mathilde is named after Clackmannan. Because Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have been named after famous coalfields from throughout the world. The Clackmannan Group is the name offered to a collection of rocks of late Dinantian and Namurian age put down throughout the Carboniferous period in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was created by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
