Spring Road Trip Drive To Visit Clackmannan Clackmannanshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of an April road trip drive, with Scottish music, on visit to Clackmannan, Scottish Gaelic: Clach Mhanainn, a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles South East of Alloa and 3.2 miles South of Tillicoultry. The town is within the county of Clackmannanshire, of which it was formerly the county town, until Alloa overtook it in size and importance. During the 12th century, the area formed part of the lands controlled by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it became associated with the Bruce family,. The early growth of the town was due in large part to the port which lay on the banks of the tidal stretch of the River Black Devon at its confluence with the River Forth. There are now no visible signs of the port and Clackmannan now sits over a mile inland from the river. The locals tried in vain to keep their port viable by digging out the silt but to no avail. The silting of Clackmannan's port and the fact that boats could no longer access. A crater on asteroid 253 Mathilde is named after Clackmannan. Because Mathilde is a dark, carbonaceous body, its craters have been named after famous coalfields from across the world. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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