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CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL STIRLING - ALLOA - KINCARDINE RAILWAY (ROUTE RE- OPENING) AND LINKED IMPROVEMENTS (SCOTLAND) BILL ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT VOLUME 3 SUPPORTING INFORMATION FEBRUARY 2003 Scott Wilson (Scotland) Ltd Contact: Nigel Hackett 23 Chester Street Edinburgh EH3 7ET Approved for Issue: Tel: 0131 225 1230 Name: N Hackett Fax: 0131 225 5582 Ref: B109401ENV1 Date: 14/02/03 CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1 2. CULTURAL HERITAGE.....................................................................................................11 3. AIR QUALITY.......................................................................................................................70 4. LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL EFFECTS.............................................................................94 5. ECOLOGY ...........................................................................................................................118 6. NOISE AND VIBRATION..................................................................................................133 7 WATER RESOURCES.......................................................................................................194 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background This document relates to the Stirling–Alloa–Kincardine Railway (Route Re-opening) and Linked Improvements (Scotland) Bill introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 27 March 2003 (to be confirmed). It has been prepared by Scott Wilson Scotland -
Inchmahome Priory Statement of Significance
Property in Care (PIC) ID:PIC073 Designations: Scheduled Monument (SM90169); Gardens and Designed Landscapes (GDL00218) Taken into State care: 1926 (Guardianship) Last reviewed: 2012 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE INCHMAHOME PRIORY We continually revise our Statements of Significance, so they may vary in length, format and level of detail. While every effort is made to keep them up to date, they should not be considered a definitive or final assessment of our properties. Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 Principal Office: Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH © Historic Environment Scotland 2019 You may re-use this information (excluding logos and images) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open- government-licence/version/3/ or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: [email protected] Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Any enquiries regarding this document should be sent to us at: Historic Environment Scotland Longmore House Salisbury Place Edinburgh EH9 1SH +44 (0) 131 668 8600 www.historicenvironment.scot You can download this publication from our website at www.historicenvironment.scot Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 Principal Office: Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH INCHMAHOME PRIORY SYNOPSIS Inchmahome Priory nestles on the tree-clad island of Inchmahome, in the Lake of Menteith. It was founded by Walter Comyn, 4th Earl of Menteith, c.1238, though there was already a religious presence on the island. -
The Gazetteer for Scotland Guidebook Series
The Gazetteer for Scotland Guidebook Series: Stirling Produced from Information Contained Within The Gazetteer for Scotland. Tourist Guide of Stirling Index of Pages Introduction to the settlement of Stirling p.3 Features of interest in Stirling and the surrounding areas p.5 Tourist attractions in Stirling and the surrounding areas p.9 Towns near Stirling p.15 Famous people related to Stirling p.18 Further readings p.26 This tourist guide is produced from The Gazetteer for Scotland http://www.scottish-places.info It contains information centred on the settlement of Stirling, including tourist attractions, features of interest, historical events and famous people associated with the settlement. Reproduction of this content is strictly prohibited without the consent of the authors ©The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland, 2011. Maps contain Ordnance Survey data provided by EDINA ©Crown Copyright and Database Right, 2011. Introduction to the city of Stirling 3 Scotland's sixth city which is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of Stirling Council Area, Stirling lies between the River Forth and the prominent 122m Settlement Information (400 feet) high crag on top of which sits Stirling Castle. Situated midway between the east and west coasts of Scotland at the lowest crossing point on the River Forth, Settlement Type: city it was for long a place of great strategic significance. To hold Stirling was to hold Scotland. Population: 32673 (2001) Tourist Rating: In 843 Kenneth Macalpine defeated the Picts near Cambuskenneth; in 1297 William Wallace defeated the National Grid: NS 795 936 English at Stirling Bridge and in June 1314 Robert the Bruce routed the English army of Edward II at Stirling Latitude: 56.12°N Bannockburn. -
William Wallace Information
Early Life • William Wallace was born around 1270. • Some historians say he was born in Elderslie in Renfrewshire. • Others say he was born in Derwent Park in Kilmarnock. • It is generally agreed that he was born to a minor noble family. We don’t know much about his early life. William the Warrior • In 1297, Wallace attacked Lanark, killing an English sheriff. • This created support amongst local people and many joined the fight to drive the English out of areas around Perth and Fife. Stirling Bridge • In September 1297, Wallace fought against the English at Stirling Bridge. • The English army was much larger but the Scots won due to clever tactics! • A lot of Scots were encouraged by this victory. The English hold on Scotland was weakened. • Following this battle, William began to send raiding parties into England. William Knighted Sometime between the end of 1297 and the beginning of 1298, William was knighted by John Balliol. He was appointed ‘Guardian of the Kingdom’. John Balliol was the King of Scotland between 1292 and 1296. Battle of Falkirk • Wallace again led an army against King Edward’s army at Falkirk in July 1298. • This time, the Scots were defeated. • William Wallace was able to escape. Wallace Abroad • Having escaped from Falkirk and resigned the guardianship, Wallace went abroad. • Significantly, he went to France to try and gain some support for Scotland’s cause. While Wallace Is Away… • Meanwhile, back in Scotland, Scottish leaders, Robert the Bruce and John Comyn accepted truces with Edward. • Edward put a price on Wallace’s head, offering money to anyone who captured or killed him. -
Aberfoyle Post Shop
Free ISSUE 9 October 2003 Donations Welcome THE VOICE OF YOUR COMMUNITY Highlights of the 5 day programme: TV Chef to open Wed 22nd October 1230 hrs • Festival Opening-Scottish Wool Aberfoyle Centre inside Thurs 23rd October 1930 hrs P2 Mushroom Fest • Victorian Theatre - Scottish Wool One man & his Centre Restaurateur and TV Friday. 24th October 1930 hrs dog chef, Antonio Carluccio, • Fiddlers Rally & Candlelit Waterfall P3 Walk - David Marshall Lodge star of the highly-acclaimed Editorial • Dinner Dance featuring Ireland¹s BBC2 series on Cooking in Italy P4 Trevor Dixon Sound - Inchrie is to open the 3rd Aberfoyle Castle Hotel. Rangers Corner Mushroom Festival and launch Caprese in Buchanan Street, • Shenanigans Irish Night - Clachan th P5 his new book on picking and Glasgow on the Saturday and Sat 25 October, 1930 hrs CC Report Sunday in the Trossachs • Mushrooms and Shamrocks, A cooking with mushrooms, ‘The Feast of Irish Food, Drink and P6 Quiet Hunt’, at the Scottish Discovery Centre in the Music featuring Irish Dancers Owen McKee Wool Centre, Aberfoyle on village. Fungus forays are ‘Celtic Cousins’, The Trevor Dixon P7 Wednesday, 22 October at also a feature on these two Sound, & Mad Murphy - Forth Forest Theatre 1230 hrs. Members of the days, organised by Forest Inn. Enterprise from the David • Shenanigans Irish Night - Clachan P8 public are invited to join Signor Sun 26th October, 1830 hrs Comm Futures Carluccio for a tête-à-tête on Marshall Lodge and from the • Songs of Praise with the New P9 cooking, over a glass of red village by the National Park Scotland Singers - Gartmore House Prophecies wine and a fungi risotto. -
Fnh Journal Vol 15
Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 15 1 the Forth Naturalist and Historian Volume 15 3 Global Warming: Reality or Bad Dream - S. J. Harrison 11 The Weather of 1991 - S. J. Harrison 19 Check List of Birds of Central Scotland - C. J. Henty and W. R. Brackenridge Book Review: Robert Louis Stevenson and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland - Louis Stott Forth Area Bird Report 1991 - C. J. Henty Environment notes: British Gas Environmental Issues series: CWS Cooperation for the Environment series: Project Brightwater Tropical Water Fern Azolla filiculoides at Airthrey Loch, Stirling University - Olivia Lassiere Rock Art: an Introduction: Preface to Van Hoek's Rock Art of Menteith - Lorna Main Prehistoric Rock Art of Menteith, Central Scotland - Maarten A. M. van Hoek Recent Books: Exploring Scottish History: Enchantment of the Trosschs: Concise History of the Church in Alloa; Alloa in Georgian Times People of the Forth (6): Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland - Stewart M. Macpherson 86 Eighteenth Century Occasions: Communion Services in Georgian Stirlingshire - Andrew T. N. Muirhead 99 Quoiting in Central Scotland: Demise of a Traditional Sport - N. L. Tranter 116 Alloa: Port, Ships, Shipbuilding - Jannette Archibald 2 Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 15 Published by the Forth Naturalist and Historian, a University/Central Regional Council collaboration, and an approved charity. The University, Stirling, 1992. ISSN 0309-7560 EDITORIAL BOARD Stirling University - D. McLusky (Chairman), D. Bryant, N. Dix and J. Proctor, Biology: B. J. Elliott, Education: S. J. Harrison, Environmental Science: N. Tranter, History. Central Region - M. Dickie (Vice Chairman) and N. Fletcher, Education Advisers: K. J. -
Cambuskenneth Abbey and Its Estate: Lands, Resources and Rights
Cambuskenneth Abbey and Its Estate: Lands, Resources and Rights Richard Oram Of the monasteries of the various continental religious orders founded by King David I (1124-53), Cambuskenneth Abbey is one of the least well known and least well understood. Some reasons for this relative obscurity are obvious: beyond the magnificent thirteenth-century bell-tower which survives to its full height, the abbey lacks the impressive architectural remains such as draw visitors to Jedburgh or Melrose and which stimulate interest amongst scholars of architectural history. There is only so much enthusiasm that can be generated by a series of low walls and foundations. One consequence of this absence of popular interest, however, has been an associated lack of modern scholarly interest in the abbey and its history. A further deterrent to research may lie in the rather dismissive treatment given to the abbey’s documentary record. Although the form in which the bulk of those records survives – a 1535 copy of the original texts gathered into a single register, each authenticated by the Clerk Register and the whole volume confirmed by the great seal of King James V1 – is widely recognised as a unique document and of great interest for the light which it sheds on early renaissance legal practice in Scotland, its contents have been labelled as ‘a little disappointing’.2 Admittedly, when compared with the contents of some cartularies – such as those of Arbroath, Dunfermline, Kelso, Melrose or Paisley – there is at first sight little material that illustrates Cambuskenneth’s place in national or regional history, or on its place in the society and economy of central Scotland. -
Polling Scheme –Parliamentary Election – Stirling County Constituency
LIST OF POLLING PLACES/STATIONS – 6 MAY 2021 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Unit Station/ Box No No Polling Place SS105 Callander Kirk Hall 1 2 3 4 SS110 Strathyre Village Hall 5 SS115 Lochearnhead Village Hall 6 SS120 McLaren Hall, Killin 7 SS125 Balquhidder Village Hall 8 SS130 Crianlarich Village Hall 9 SS135 Muir Hall, Doune 10 11 SS140 Deanston Primary School 12 SS145 Blairdrummond Village Hall 13 SS150 Thornhill Community Hall 14 SS155 Port of Menteith Village Hall 15 File Name: M:\J Government & Democracy\J3 Elections\J3.3 Scottish Parliament\2021 DONT USE\Polling Places\Polling Scheme - Stirling.doc Unit Station/ Box No No Polling Place SS160 Gartmore Village Hall 16 SS165 Aberfoyle Nursery 17 (New polling place for 2021 – usually Discovery Centre, Aberfoyle) SS170 Kinlochard Village Hall 18 SS175 Brig O’Turk Village Hall 19 SS205 Gargunnock Community Centre 20 SS210 Kippen Village Hall 21 22 SS215 Buchlyvie Village Hall 23 SS220 Fintry Nursery 24 (New polling place for 2021 usually Menzies Hall, Fintry) SS225 McLintock Hall, Balfron 25 26 SS230 Drymen Public Library 27 SS235 Memorial Hall, Milton of Buchanan 28 SS240 Croftamie Nursery 29 File Name: M:\J Government & Democracy\J3 Elections\J3.3 Scottish Parliament\2021 DONT USE\Polling Places\Polling Scheme - Stirling.doc Unit Station/ Box No No Polling Place SS245 Killearn Church Hall 30 31 SS250 Strathblane Primary School 32 (New polling place for 2021 usually 33 Edmonstone Hall, Strathblane) 34 SS405 Cornton Community Centre 35 36 37 SS410 Logie Kirk Hall 38 39 40 SS415 Raploch -
Threepenny Guide & Directory for Stirling, Bridge of Allan
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Gazetteer of Selected Scottish Battlefields
Scotland’s Historic Fields of Conflict Gazetteer: page 1 GAZETTEER OF SELECTED SCOTTISH BATTLEFIELDS LIST OF CONTENTS ABERDEEN II ............................................................................................................. 4 ALFORD ...................................................................................................................... 9 ANCRUM MOOR...................................................................................................... 19 AULDEARN .............................................................................................................. 26 BANNOCKBURN ..................................................................................................... 34 BOTHWELL BRIDGE .............................................................................................. 59 BRUNANBURH ........................................................................................................ 64 DRUMCLOG ............................................................................................................. 66 DUNBAR II................................................................................................................ 71 DUPPLIN MOOR ...................................................................................................... 79 FALKIRK I ................................................................................................................ 87 FALKIRK II .............................................................................................................. -
An Account of the Excavations at Cambuskenneth Abbey 1864Y Coloney B Ma
I. AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXCAVATIONS AT CAMBUSKENNETH ABBEY 1864Y COLONEY B MA . R JAMEN I SI L . ALEXANDERE S , K.C.L.S., F.S.A. SOOT., &c. (PLATE IV.) Abbee Th f Cambuskennethyo , founde n 114 di Davi y f Scotb 7o . dI - land, stoopeninsula n do rivee th f r ao Forth littld an , e more tha milna e idirecna t line fro e towm th Stirlingf no ferrA . y require crossee b o st d to reach the remains of the venerable pile. So complete has been the destruction of the Church of St Mary of Cambuskennet disciplee th y hb Johf o s n Kno 1559n xi , tha s s sitit t ewa now founquite b o edt covered with greensward, where cows grazedA . white-washed cottage and some old elms were on the south side, and behind the n extensivwalle a m th f o s e eth orcharde s easth wa tn O . windin e e fielcentrg th th river d f n o eI appeare . a dmoun d slightly t somi n raisedo e d thoran , n bushe conjectureds s: here wa t i , , stooe dth higa broke s h wa altar n t wesr i archfo f , o t , e forminentrancth w no ge to a small enclosed cemetery in which are the tombstones of a few of the e peopldistrictth f o e . This arch, pointed, enriched with deeplt cu y mouldings, the capitals of broken shafts and trellis carving, was evidently the principal or western door of the church. -
Fnh Journal Vol 17
CORRIGENDA FN&H Volume 17 P54—with apologies—the Bold Heading BOOK NOTES/REVIEWS should not precede the article THE NORTHERN EMERALD but follow it above HERITAGE WOOD. the Forth Naturalist Volume 17 Historian 3 Mineral Resource Collecting at the Alva Silver Mines - Brian Jackson 5 The Weather of 1993 - S. J. Harrison 13 Alpine Foxtail (Alopecurus Trin.) in the Ochils - R. W. M. Corner 15 Woodlands for the Community - Alastair Seaman 22 Environmental History - an emergent discipline 23 Forth Area Bird Report 1993 - C. J. Henty 54 The Northern Emerald: an Addition to the Forth Valley Dragonfly Fauna - John T. Knowler and John Mitchell: Hermitage Wood: Symposium 55 Mountain Hares in the Ochil Hills - Alex Tewnion 63 Clackmannan River Corridors Survey - Cathy Tilbrook 67 Book Reviews and Notes (Naturalist) 69 Norway: Author/Reviewers Addresses 70 New Light on Robert Louis Stevenson - Louis Stott 74 R. L. Stevenson and France; Stevenson Essays of Local Interest 75 Bridge of Allan: a Heritage of Music; and its Museum Hall - Gavin Millar and George McVicar 89 Blairlogie: a Short History of Central Scotland's First Conservation village - Alastair Maxwell-Irving 94 Trial of Francis Buchanan 1746 - George Thomson 95 People of the Forth (3) Part 2: David Bruce: Medical Scientist, Soldier, Naturalist - G. F. Follett 103 The Ancient Bridge of Stirling: a New Survey - R. Page 111 Launching Forth: The River - Alloa to Stirling - David Angus 119 Archaeology Notes - Lorna Main and Editor 121 Book Reviews and Notes (Historical) 2 Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 17 Published by the Forth Naturalist and Historian, a University/Central Regional Council collaboration, and an approved charity.