Official Name: | Kilmadock |
Country: | Scotland |
Map Type: | Stirling |
Static Image Name: | Scotland-2016-Aerial-Doune Castle (and Castle keeper's cottage).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Doune Castle a key historic site of Kilmadock |
Population: | 2,375 |
Population Ref: | (Census 2011) |
Os Grid Reference: | NN706025 |
Coordinates: | 56.1977°N -4.086°W |
Post Town: | Doune |
Postcode Area: | FK16 |
Community Scotland: | Kilmadock |
Constituency Westminster: | Stirling |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Stirling |
Constituency Scottish Parliament1: | Mid Scotland and Fife |
Unitary Scotland: | Stirling |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Stirling and Falkirk (Perthshire prior to 1975) |
Kilmadock parish (Scottish Gaelic Cille Mo Dog), named for Saint Cadoc, containing the settlements of Doune, Deanston, Buchany, Argaty, Hill of Row, Drumvaich, and Delvorich, is situated in Stirling council area, Scotland, and is on the southern border of the former county of Perthshire. Its length is 10miles, its breadth from 2-, and with an area of 24521acres.
The River Forth runs along its southern boundary, and the River Teith runs east-south-eastward through the centre. A flat tract of considerable breadth lies along the Forth Valley, flanked on each side by a hill-ridge. The valley is traversed by the Teith, and an upland tract, part of the Braes of Doune, ascends to the summit of Uamh Mhòr on the northern boundary.[1]