Clackmannan and Kinross . th itsbrick and tile works dates only from the middle of the nineteenthcentury, whereas Coalsnaughton or Coalsnachton has quite a longhistory. Dollar (1497), the smallest of the four police burghs, issituated close to the point where the Devon enters the county. Itsbeautiful and healthy situation and tlie educational advantagesaflx)rded by the Dollar Institution combine to make Dollar aresidential town rather than an industrial centre. It has extensivebleachfields. The famous engineer, James Watt, reported thatthe Devon might be made navigable as far as Dollar at an 7
Clackmannan and Kinross . th itsbrick and tile works dates only from the middle of the nineteenthcentury, whereas Coalsnaughton or Coalsnachton has quite a longhistory. Dollar (1497), the smallest of the four police burghs, issituated close to the point where the Devon enters the county. Itsbeautiful and healthy situation and tlie educational advantagesaflx)rded by the Dollar Institution combine to make Dollar aresidential town rather than an industrial centre. It has extensivebleachfields. The famous engineer, James Watt, reported thatthe Devon might be made navigable as far as Dollar at an 78 CLACKMANNANSHIRE estimated cost of /Tiooo ; but nothing was ever done to carry outthe scheme, (pp. 8, 22, 25, 37, 53, 54, 56, 64, 69, 74, 75.) Forest Mill, a small hamlet on the north margin of theForest at a point where the Clackmannan and Kinross roadcrosses the Black Devon. Michael Bruce, the young autlior ofLoihIe--ieiiy was schoolmaster here in 1766. (p. 136.) Kennet, a mining village, one mile east of y JIM
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