Clackmannan is a village and also civil parish set 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 county of Clackmannanshire, of which it was formerly the county town, till Alloa overtook it in dimension and also relevance. According to a 2009 estimate the population of the negotiation of Clackmannan is 3,348 locals. The name of the community describes 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. During the 12th century, the area developed part of the lands regulated by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it became associated with the Bruce family, that, throughout the 14th century, built a calculated tower-house. It still stands above the community according to Historic Scotland, yet access is prohibited (due to decrease). A crater on planet 253 Mathilde is called after Clackmannan. Because Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have been called after popular coalfields from throughout the globe. The Clackmannan Team is the name offered to a suite 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 created by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.