Clackmannan and Kinross . passing of St Serf or stories of the fiercertransit of Montrose. Again, the characteristic feature ofthe shire as a thoroughfare has influenced the distributionof the towns and villages, strung out as they all are in oneor other of two long lines from west to east : Menstrie,Alva, Tillicoultry, and Dollar on the road to Kinross ;Tullibody, Alloa, and Clackmannan on the road to Dun-fermline (see map on p. 63). But the importance and prosperity of Clackmannan-sliire are by no means entirely due to its advantageousposition as the southern gate of the peninsula. In itself
Clackmannan and Kinross . passing of St Serf or stories of the fiercertransit of Montrose. Again, the characteristic feature ofthe shire as a thoroughfare has influenced the distributionof the towns and villages, strung out as they all are in oneor other of two long lines from west to east : Menstrie,Alva, Tillicoultry, and Dollar on the road to Kinross ;Tullibody, Alloa, and Clackmannan on the road to Dun-fermline (see map on p. 63). But the importance and prosperity of Clackmannan-sliire are by no means entirely due to its advantageousposition as the southern gate of the peninsula. In itself,the count) possesses resources more considerable in value GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 9 and nuicli greater in variety than its size would lead oneto expect. Indeed the variety of its sources of wealth isa very noticeable characteristic. Within its northernconfines more than fifteen thousand sheep pasture on thegrass-covered slopes of the Ochils ; the rich alluvial soilsof the Devon and Forth valleys are valuable agricultural. Stirling Street, Menstrie land ; the coalfields, which underlie the soutiiern half ofthe county, provide work for more than thirteen hundredminers and supply a basis for the export trade of Alloa ;more than half the occupied women in the county areengaged in the prosperous woollen industry ; and minorindustries, such as brewing and distilling, brick, cement,glass, and pottery works, are not lacking. Mining, 10 CLACKMANNANSHIRE manufacturing, agriculture, stock-raising, and commerce,all contribute to make Clackmannanshire, in proportionto its size, one of the wealthiest counties of Scotland. The total area of Clackmannanshire is 35,214 acres,or, excluding water, 34,927 acres. It is, indeed, by farthe smallest county in the British Isles, as may be seenby a comparison with the smallest counties of England,Wales, and Ireland—London, 74,817 acres; Flint,163,025 acres and Carlow 221,424 acres. The averagesize of a Scottish county is 577,893 acres, or more thansi
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