Throsk (In , meaning the thicket among the mist) is a village in the
Stirling council area of
Scotland
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. It lies on the
A905 road east of
Fallin close to the
River Forth
The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage basin covers much of Stirlingshire in Scotland's Central Belt. The Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic name for the ...
. The
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th Census in the United Kingdom, UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.
The 2001 UK census was organise ...
recorded the population as 231.
Throsk was formerly the site of the
Royal Navy
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'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.
There was a rail bridge between Throsk and Alloa sometime called the
Alloa Swing Bridge of which some video footage survives.
See also
*
Throsk railway station
Notes
External links
Railbrit - ThroskArchaeology Data Service - The Pottery at Throsk, Stirlingshire c1600–c1800
Hamlets in Stirling (council area)
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