Kilmadock

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Kilmadock

| country = Scotland

| map_type = Stirling

| static_image_name = Scotland-2016-Aerial-Doune Castle (and Castle keeper's cottage).jpg

| static_image_caption = Doune Castle a key historic site of Kilmadock

| population = 2,375

| population_ref = (Census 2011)

| os_grid_reference = NN706025

| coordinates = {{coord|56.197676|-4.0859557|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = Doune

| postcode_area = FK16

| postcode_district =

| dial_code =

| community_scotland = Kilmadock

| constituency_westminster = Stirling

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Stirling

| constituency_scottish_parliament1 = Mid Scotland and Fife

| unitary_scotland = Stirling

| lieutenancy_scotland = Stirling and Falkirk (Perthshire prior to 1975)

}}

Kilmadock parish (Scottish Gaelic Cille Mo Dog), named for Saint Cadoc, containing the settlements of Doune, Deanston, Buchany, Argaty, Hill of Row, Drumvaich, and Delvorich, is situated in Stirling council area, Scotland, and is on the southern border of the former county of Perthshire. Its length is {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=off}}, its breadth from {{convert|2|-|8|mi|km|0|abbr=on}}, and with an area of {{convert|24521|acre|ha|abbr=off}}.

The River Forth runs along its southern boundary, and the River Teith runs east-south-eastward through the centre. A flat tract of considerable breadth lies along the Forth Valley, flanked on each side by a hill-ridge. The valley is traversed by the Teith, and an upland tract, part of the Braes of Doune, ascends to the summit of Uamh Mhòr on the northern boundary.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp;jsessionid=A1FF37BBC18007430F74326C22115825?text_id=1805660&word=NULL|title= Uamh Mhor (or Uamvar)As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles|publisher=John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887|accessdate=2013-03-04}}

Gallery

{{Gallery

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|align=center

|File:Kilmadock.inscription.stone.jpg

|Inscription stone found at Old Kilmadock cemetery

|File:Doune Castle, Perthshire.jpg

|Doune Castle

|File:River Teith below Doune Castle, Stirling Council area.jpg

|River Teith near Doune

|File:The 17th Century Doune Market Cross,.jpg

|17th century Mercat Cross in Doune

|File:Deanston Distillery and River Teith.jpg

|Former mill buildings by the River Teith, now Deanston Distillery

|File:Deanston Distillery (22600790196).jpg

|Deanston Distillery

|File:Doune Castle ^ Church From The Commonty Walk - panoramio.jpg

|View of Doune from the Commonty Walk

|File:Bales From Doune Castle - panoramio.jpg

|Farmland in Kilmadock areas

|File:Braes of Doune wind farm - geograph.org.uk - 1119078.jpg

|Braes of Doune wind farm

|File:UamhBheag.jpg

|Uamh Bheag, the highest point in Kilmadock

| File:Red Kite - Milvus milvus, Argaty, Doune, Perthshire, Scotland.jpg

|Red Kite photographed at Argaty in Kilmadock

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References

Category:Parishes in Perthshire

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