Throsk Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Throsk
Gaelic Name:Badan Deathach
Label Position:left
Static Image Name:RN Ammunition Depot, Throsk.jpg
Static Image Caption:Storage bunkers at the Bandeath naval depot with the Wallace Monument beyond in the distance
Coordinates:56.0979°N -3.8502°W
Os Grid Reference:NS849909
Civil Parish:St. Ninians
Unitary Scotland:Stirling
Lieutenancy Scotland:Stirling and Falkirk
Constituency Westminster:Stirling
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Stirling
Post Town:STIRLING
Postcode District:FK7
Postcode Area:FK
Dial Code:01786

Throsk (In Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Badan Deathach, meaning the thicket among the mist) is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It lies on the A905 road east of Fallin close to the River Forth. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the population as 231.[1]

Throsk was formerly the site of the Royal Navy's Bandeath armaments depot. This closed in 1978 and now serves as an industrial estate owned by the local council. Many of the original munitions storage bunkers remain in situ as does a loading crane beside the River Forth.[2] [3]

There was a rail bridge between Throsk and Alloa sometime called the Alloa Swing Bridge of which some video footage survives.

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Notes

  1. Web site: Stirling at a Glance: 2001 edition . Stirling Council . 2009-12-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061109110425/http://www.stirling.gov.uk/stirling_at_a_glance.pdf . 2006-11-09 .
  2. Web site: Bandeath Industrial Estate . Gazetteer for Scotland . 2009-12-07.
  3. Web site: Bandeath Munitions Depot . Secret Scotland . 2009-12-07 .

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