Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a town 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 community is within the area of Clackmannanshire, of which it was formerly the county town, up until Alloa surpassed it in size and relevance. According to a 2009 price quote the population of the negotiation of Clackmannan is 3,348 homeowners. The name of the community describes 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 location formed part of the lands managed by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it ended up being associated with the Bruce family members, that, throughout the 14th century, constructed a tactical tower-house. It still stands above the town according to Historic Scotland, yet entry is prohibited (due to subsidence). A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde is called after Clackmannan. Due to the fact that Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have actually been named after popular coalfields from across the globe. The Clackmannan Team is the name offered to a collection of rocks of late Dinantian as well as Namurian age put down during the Carboniferous duration in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was developed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
