Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Forestmill

Forestmill, a hamlet, with a public school, in Clackmannan parish, Clackmannanshire, on the left bank of the Black Devon, 3½ miles ENE of Clackmannan town. The poet Michael Bruce (1746-67) taught a school here in 1766.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a hamlet, with a public school"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Clackmannan Parish       Clackmannanshire County

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