Tour Scotland travel video of an Autumn road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, from Stirling, on the A91 road on ancestry visit to Menstrie, Scottish Gaelic: Meanstraidh, in Clackmannanshire. In 1800, businessmen from Tullibody set up a carding and spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and power. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road lie on the old route along the foot of the Ochil Hills. The new road, now the A91, became a focus for construction of churches, houses, mills and shops.
Menstrie's ancient history; The first settlers in the Menstrie area were people of Baltic or Danish origin around 4000 or 5000 BC. The Beaker people came to Menstrie around 2000 BC, proved by the discovery of stone coffins found in Menstrie. Around 500 BC the Celts arrived and one of their tribes, the Maeatae, settled on Dumyat. The name of this hill comes from Dun, meaning hill fort, of the Maeatae. The Romans came in 80 AD after defeating this tribe, the Maeatae. They left in 209 AD. In Gaelic Menstrie means plain of the strath. The earliest recorded spelling of its name was Menstreth in 1263. In 1263 Gilascoppe Cambell, otherwise known as Gilleasbaig, or Gillespie, of Menstrie, was granted the estates of Menstrie and Sauchie in a charter of King Alexander III of Scotland.
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