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Manse Terrace, CLACKMANNAN, FK10 4JZ

The tollbooth was built in 1592 and originally comprised a prison, court room and jailer's house. The Stone of Mannan (Clach - Clack in Gaelic means stone) is adjacent to the tollbooth set atop a monolith. Who Mannan was is obscure.

The surviving tower of the tolbooth with the mercat cross in front and the 'clack' (stone) of Mannan alongside on the right.

Going back in time... A plaque on the tolbooth explains that it was built in 1592 at a cost of £294 and extended 40 feet east of the surviving bell tower seen here. It comprised a court room, prison, gaoler's house and instruments of punishment. Sir Laurence Dundas gave the town the bell in 1765 and Francis Horne gave the clock in 1865. I assume these two men were M.P.s for the burgh. Before the tolbooth was built, the Sheriff Court was held on the steps of the cross. The plaque states that the cross dates from the 17th century when Sir Henry Bruce was Sheriff, and it bears the Bruce arms. The ball is a replacement for the original and was taken in 1857 from the demolished Bruce mansion which stood next to Clackmannan Tower. The steps were renewed in 1949. The boulder, known as 'the clack' and sacred to the pre-Christian deity Mannan, was originally at the foot of Lookabootye Brae. It was placed on the larger stone in 1833.

CCTV in the centre of the town, where the High Street, Kirk Wynd, Main Street and Port Street meet.

The Tolbooth in the Main Street.

All 3 subjects in the title of the photograph are Category A listed buildings on Main Street, Clackmannan. Clackmannan Tolbooth: Dating originally from the 1590s with the tower added c.1680, the remains of the sandstone tolbooth consist of the west gable and bell-tower. Clackmannan Market Cross: The stone cross probably dates from the 17th century. It stands on an octagonal stone stepped base which replaced similar steps in 2007. Clackmannan Stone: Also known as the Stone of Mannan, the curious-looking Clackmannan Stone (between the tolbooth and the cross) is probably about 4000 years old. Details of the listing of all 3 buildings can be found in https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200406616-clackmannan-main-street-tolbooth-clackmannan#.WdT8pjGWw5s

All three structures are Category A Listed. The remaining Belfry Tower of the Tolbooth was built about 1680. The Act authorising the Tolbooth was passed in June 1592 and it was built at a cost of £284. The bell presented by Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1765 was, until 1939, rung each day at 6pm. The clock was donated in 1865. Ruinous by 1792 it was not abandoned until 1822 and then partly demolished. The market cross shaft is probably earlier, bearing chain marks of prisoners fastened to it, but the original capital bears the Bruce coat of arms donated by Sir Henry Bruce (about 1622-1674) in the mid 17th century. The ball finial was replaced from the Bruce mansion house after it was demolished in 1857, then restored in 1897. The octagonal steps were rebuilt in 1949 and replaced in 2007. Clackmannan is thought to be derived from the Mannan stone that was mounted on the whinstone block in 1833. Clog (stone) and Manau (Celtic sea-god) became Clog Manann and eventually Clackmannan (recorded from 12th century onwards). The stone, dated from the third or second millennium BC by some is pre-Christian and probably stood in Lookabootye Brae until moved to Clackmannan Tower and then mounted here on a stone brought from Abbey Craig. It was broken in pieces at an early date and bound together with iron rods.