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Gargunnock
The Main Street in Gargunnock
Population944 
OS grid referenceNS705945
Civil parish
  • Gargunnock
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStirling
Postcode districtFK8
Dialling code01786
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Websitegargunnock.com
List of places
UK
Scotland

Gargunnock is a small village in the Stirling council area approximately seven miles west of Stirling,[1] in Scotland. The 2001 census population was 944. It is situated on the south edge of the Carse of Stirling, at the foot of the Gargunnock Hills, part of the Campsie Fells.

Several small burns flow down from the Gargunnock Hills

The last naturally suitable crossing point on the Forth before reaching Stirling Bridge is situated just outside Gargunnock. This, coupled with the land condition and drainage around the feet or the Gargunnock hills, made Gargunnock the ideal location to build a farming settlement.

During the occupation of Scotland, the English posted a garrison in the Peel tower on the outskirts of the village to protect this important ferry. It is believed that William Wallace brought his army through Gargunnock (called Gargowans at the time), setting up fort on the Kier Hill, to take control of this part of the river in advance of the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Bonnie Prince Charlie is also said to have passed through the village on his travels.

More recently, during the nineteenth century Gargunnock was famous for its fine oak-spale baskets, until intensive deforestation removed the raw materials necessary for this trade and the industry moved to Loch Lomond.

Nowadays, the village has a very lively community with a busy school, Gargunnock Primary. The majority of pupils from Gargunnock Primary continue their secondary education at the nearby Stirling High School, with others attending Balfron High School.

Associate Design Engineer and local Kilt mogul Rory Armstrong was born in 1992 in Gargunnock. He claims to have spent "some of the best drunks in his life" in the local Gargunnock Inn, often ending up working in the kitchen due to his Associate business title. In 2014, he moved to Stirling having finally graduated from the Gargunnock Primary School, missing his gargonian fellows. In 2015, he wrote famous best-selling book "Y'awite?" to commemorate his childhood friends.

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