CLACKMANNAN, the capital of the shire of the same name, is pleasantly situated on an eminence gently rising out of a plain stretching from east to west to the height of 190 feet above the level of the Forth, and commanding an extensive view from the summit. It consists of one long street, which runs up the acclivity to the gate of the park surrounding Clackmannan tower, a tall and massive building.
1 Gebaueri Narratio de Henrico Brenkmanno, de Manuscriptis Brenkmannianis, et suis in Corpore Juris Civilis Conatibus et Laboribus. Accedunt Mantissa de libro longe rarissimo, Bibliotheca Antonii Augustini, et Vita Henrici Newtoni. Gottinge, 1764, 4to. —With the view of studying the Florentine manuscript, Brenkman made a journey to Italy, and was enabled to obtain access to the precious relic through the influence of the English envoy Dr Newton. To this study he devoted several years, but he only lived to execute a part of his plans. Newton, who was much connected with the scholars of the age, received the honour of knighthood, and became judge of the high court of admiralty. He is the author of a collection of Epistolas, Orationes, et Carmina. Lucie, 1710, 4to. Some notices of the author may be found in Mr Dunster's edition of "Cider, a poem in two books, by John Philips," p. 174. Lond. 1791, 8vo.
2 Brenkmanni Epistola ad v. c. Franciscum Hessesium, qua examinantur præcipua Capita Epistolæ v. c. D. Guidonis Grandi de Pandectis, nec non Dissertationis similis argumenti, auctore v. c. Christiano Gotlib. Schwarzio. Traj. ad Rhem. 1735, 4to.
3 Guadagni de Florentino Pandectarum Exemplari, an sit Imperat. Justiniani Archetypum, et an ex eo ceteri, qui supersunt, Pandectarum libri manaverint Dissertatio. Romæ, 1752, 8vo. —This dissertation was inserted in Gori's Synodice Litteraria, dec. ii. vol. iv.; and some copies were published in a separate form. Guadagni is likewise the author of a work entitled Ad Graeca Pandectarum Dissertationes. Pisa, 1786, 4to.
4 Savigny's Geschichte des Römischen Rechts im Mittelalter. Heidelberg, 1813–31, 6 Bde. 8vo. Paris, 4 vols. 1839.
Clackmannanshire. A small plain immediately to the west of this tower formed the site of the palace of Robert Bruce—every vestige of which has long since disappeared. The church of Clackmannan, which is situated a little south of the principal street, is a handsome modern structure in the Gothic style. Pop. of parish (1851) 5802.