Clackmannan

Clackmannan stands above the valley of the Forth, under the watch of a tall stone tower on King's Seat Hill. In 1359 David II granted the lands to his kinsman Sir Robert Bruce, and the tower became the seat of the Bruces of Clackmannan. The family enlarged its residence over the centuries and in the 1650s began exploiting coal seams in the district. The tower remained a conspicuous landmark above the town and river.