,, Clackmannonshire, Scotland

Clackmannanshire's origins as a shire (the area controlled by a sheriff ) are unclear; it had certainly become a shire by 1305, with some suggestion that it may have already existed in the early 1200s

Clackmannanshire takes its name from the original county town of Clackmannan , which is named after a stone anciently associated with the pre-Christian deity Manau or Mannan. [1] [2] The stone now rests on a larger stone beside the surviving tower of Clackmannan Tolbooth and the Mercat Cross at the top of Main street, Clackmannan