Muckhart

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Muckhart
OS grid reference: NO001007
Population: 2759 (including Dollar)
Council area: Clackmannanshire
Constituent country: Scotland
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Police force: Central Scotland Police
Lieutenancy area: Clackmannanshire
Former county: Clackmannanshire
Post town: Dollar
Postal: FK14
Telephone: 01259
Scottish Parliament: Ochil
UK Parliament: Ochil and South Perthshire
European Parliament: Scotland
Scotland

Muckhart commonly refers to two small villages in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Pool o' Muckhart and Yetts o' Muckhart. Muckhart is one of the Hillfoots Villages, situated on the A91 around 3 miles north-east of Dollar.

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[edit] Pool o' Muckhart

The village lies to the west of the parish of Muckhart, Pool o' Muckhart lies in the valley of the River Devon, near the entrance to Glen Devon.

[edit] Yetts o' Muckhart

A hamlet lies around 1 mile further east of Pool o' Muckhart. A tollhouse was established here in the early 19th Century on a road used by cattle drovers and coaches. Yett is an old Lowland Scots word for "gate"

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Hillfoots Villages
Alva | Blairlogie | Dollar | Menstrie | Muckhart | Tillicoultry

Coordinates: 56.18841° N 3.61125° W

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