Kilmadock Explained

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]

References

  1. Web site: Uamh Mhor (or Uamvar)As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles. John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887. 2013-03-04.