Clackmannan
Clackmannan is a town and also civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles (2.9 kilometres) south-east of Alloa as well as 3.2 miles (5.1 kilometres) south of Tillicoultry. The town is within the county of Clackmannanshire, of which it was previously the county town, until Alloa overtook it in dimension and value. According to a 2009 price quote the population of the settlement of Clackmannan is 3,348 residents. The name of the town describes the Stone of Manau or Stone of Mannan, a pre-Christian monument that can be seen in the community square beside 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 came to be associated with the Bruce family members, who, during the 14th century, constructed a strategic tower-house. It still stands above the town according to Historic Scotland, yet entry is restricted (as a result of decrease). A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde is called after Clackmannan. Since Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have actually been called after well-known coalfields from across the world. The Clackmannan Team is the name given to a collection of rocks of late Dinantian and Namurian age put down during the Carboniferous period in the Midland Valley of Scotland. The war memorial was made by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1919.
