Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a village as well as civil parish embeded in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south-east of Alloa and also 3.2 miles (5.1 kilometres) south of Tillicoultry. The town is within the region of Clackmannanshire, of which it was previously the county town, until Alloa surpassed it in dimension and importance. According to a 2009 estimate the population of the settlement of Clackmannan is 3,348 residents. 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 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 on it ended up being associated with the Bruce family members, who, during the 14th century, developed a calculated tower-house. It still stands over the town according to Historic Scotland, yet entrance is restricted (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 well-known coalfields from throughout the world. The Clackmannan Team is the name provided to a collection of rocks of late Dinantian and also Namurian age set during the Carboniferous duration in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was made by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.