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Street View Stone of Manau Scotland
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Street view of the Stone of Manau, Clackmannan, Scotland. The Stone of Manau stands by the market cross and the surviving tower and west gable of the former burgh tolbooth in the centre of the old town of Clackmannan. It is a prehistoric monolith from the Iron Age.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Clackmannan Tower
Tour Scotland photograph of Clackmannan Tower, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. During the 12th century, the area around Clackmannan formed part of the lands controlled by the abbots of Cambuskenneth. Later it became associated with the Bruce family. During the 14th century they built a strategic tower house, which survives to this day above the town. The Bruce family went bankrupt in 1708 and Henry Bruce fought for the Jacobites in the 1745 uprising. His widow, Lady Catherine Bruce, lived in the mansion until her death in 1791, when the tower and house were abandoned. On 26th August 1787 she knighted Robert Burns with the sword of Robert Bruce.
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Photographs Of Old Gravestones Clackmannan Scotland
Photograph of a 1787 gravestone in Clackmannan Kirkyard, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
Photograph of a 1717 gravestone in Clackmannan Kirkyard, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
Photograph of a 1713 gravestone in Clackmannan Kirkyard, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
Photograph of a 1711 gravestone in Clackmannan Kirkyard, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Kirkyard Clackmannan Clackmannanshire
Tour Scotland photograph of the kirkyard cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Kirkyard has stones dating from the 17th century with several Bruce family memorials. Sir Thomas Bruce, 1st Baron of Clackmannan, died before 1348, was the first Baron of Clackmannan. Thomas was granted land in Clackmannan by King Robert II of Scotland after organising a revolt against the English in 1334. He married Marjorie Charteris of Stenhouse and it is from this line which most Bruces descend, including the current Chief of the House of Bruce, Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin. Thomas and Marjorie's children included Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Parish Church Clackmannan Clackmannanshire
Tour Scotland photograph of the Parish Church and cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. There has been a church at Clackmannan since St Serf visited from Culross, Fife, in the 8th century. This Scottish church was built in 1815 by James Gillespie Graham to replace a 13th century church. Perpendicular Gothic with buttressed tower at the west end.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Tolbooth Clackmannan Clackmannanshire
Tour Scotland photograph of the Tolbooth in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The name of the town refers to the Stone of Mannan, a pre Christian monument which can be seen in the town square, beside the 16th century tolbooth tower. 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.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Bruce Family Memorials Clackmannan
Tour Scotland photograph of the Bruce Family Memorials in the churchyard cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Sir Thomas Bruce, 1st Baron of Clackmannan, who died 1358 or 1359, was the first Baron of Clackmannan and the possible grandson or grandnephew of King Robert the Bruce. Most Bruces of today are descended from Thomas Bruce's lineage, and current Chief of the Clan, Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin, is a descendant of Sir Thomas. Thomas' son, Robert, became the second Baron of Clackmannan. Sir Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan, who died 1403, was the son of Sir Thomas Bruce 1st Baron of Clackmannan and Marjorie Charteris of Stenhouse. Robert Bruce was born in Clackmannan, Scotland the son of Scottish nobility. He married Isabel Stewart the daughter of Robert Stewart of Durisdeer, Fife with whom he had five children: Robert, Edward, James, Alexander, and Helen. Robert received more land in Clackmannan in 1359 from his cousin, King David II, and additional land in Rate, Scotland in 1367. Robert died in 1403 and his son Robert succeeded him as third baron.
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Tour Scotland Photograph 1711 Gravestone Clackmannan
Tour Scotland photograph an old gravestone, dated 1711, in the cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland Photograph 1690 Gravestone Clackmannan
Tour Scotland photograph of a gravestone, dated 1690, in the graveyard cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Clackmannan, Scottish Gaelic: Clach Mhanainn, meaning Stone of Manau, is a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland.
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Tour Photograph Old Skull And Crossbones Gravestone Clackmannan
Tour Scotland photograph of an old skull and crossbones gravestone in the cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
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Tour Scotland Photograph 1717 Gravestone Clackmannan
Tour Scotland photograph of a gravestone dated 1717 in the graveyard cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles South East of Alloa and 3.2 miles South of Tillicoultry.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Parish Church Clackmannan
Tour Scotland photograph of the Parish Church and cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. There has been a church at Clackmannan since St Serf visited from Culross in the 8th century. The present church was built in 1815 by James Gillespie Graham to replace a 13th century church. Perpendicular Gothic with buttressed tower at the west end. Graveyard has stones dating from the 17th century with several Bruce family memorials.
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Tour Scotland Video Clackmannan Tower
Tour Scotland video of Clackmannan Tower, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. A five storey Scottish tower house, located at the summit of King's Seat Hill in Clackmannan. It was built in the 1300s by King David II and sold to Robert The Bruce in 1359.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Clackmannan Tolbooth
Tour Scotland photograph of the Tolbooth in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The name of the town refers to the Stone of Mannan, a pre Christian monument which can be seen in the town square, beside the tolbooth tower, which dates from the 16th century. 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.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Tolbooth Clackmannan
Tour Scotland photograph of the Tolbooth in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. This clock tower was once used as a prison. The remains of the which stand in the main street, consist of the west gable and bell tower. The architectural detail is suggestive of the 17th century, and this is consistent with the fact that, prior to the passing of an Act of Parliament on 5th June 1592, Clackmannan had no Tolbooth, courts of justice being held at the Burgh Cross. Also just visible are the Mercat Cross and the Mannan Stone from which the town's name is derived.
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