Thornhill, Stirling

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Thornhill
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc na Driseig
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Lodge Blairhoyle, in Thornhill, is Britain's smallest purpose-built Masonic Lodge
Thornhill is located in Stirling
Thornhill
Thornhill
 Thornhill shown within the Stirling council area
OS grid reference NS664998
Civil parish Kincardine
Council area Stirling
Lieutenancy area Stirling and Falkirk
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Stirling
Postcode district FK8
Dialling code 01786
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament Stirling
Scottish Parliament Stirling
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Thornhill (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc na Driseig) is a village in the Scottish council area of Stirling. It lies 14 miles from Stirling itself, south of Callander, east of Aberfoyle and west of Doune. The village is in the parish of Norrieston, named from the much earlier village of Norrieston which lay a little to the east of Thornhill. To its south west is Flanders Moss, the largest remaining area of lowland bog in Scotland.

The village is on a traditional east/west route from Dunblane to Aberfoyle[1] and was planned and founded at the end of the seventeenth century.

The 2001 census population for the area covered by the Thornhill and Blairdrummond Community Council is 1,109.[2]

Thornhill has one primary school which in the session 2009-2010 had 62 pupils from the village and surrounding area.[3]

It is believed to have the smallest Masonic Lodge in Scotland.[4]

The Animal Planet series The Cats of Claw Hill was filmed in the village.

Notable people

References

  1. Thornhill Community Trust - About Thornhill Archived March 24, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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  3. Thornhill Primary School
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