Throsk

Throsk Scottish Gaelic: Badan Deathach
Storage bunkers at the Bandeath naval depot with the Wallace Monument beyond in the distance
Throsk Location within the Stirling council area
OS grid reference	NS849909
Civil parish	St. Ninians
Council area	Stirling
Lieutenancy area	Stirling and Falkirk
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STIRLING
Postcode district	FK7
Dialling code	01786
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Stirling and Strathallan
Scottish Parliament	Stirling
List of places UK Scotland 56°05′52″N3°51′01″W / 56.0979°N 3.8502°W / 56.0979; -3.8502

Throsk (In 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.

See also

• Throsk railway station

Notes

1. "Stirling at a Glance: 2001 edition" (PDF). Stirling Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
2. "Bandeath Industrial Estate". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
3. "Bandeath Munitions Depot". Secret Scotland. Retrieved 7 December 2009.

External links

• Railbrit - Throsk
• Archaeology Data Service - The Pottery at Throsk, Stirlingshire c1600–c1800