Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Raploch

Raploch, a village in Stirling parish, Stirlingshire, adjacent to the Forth and Clyde railway, immediately under the NW side of Stirling Castle, ¾ mile W of Stirling Bridge, and within the parliamentary burgh. It was the birthplace of Dugald Graham (1724-79), the author of a rhyming History of the Rebellion. See Glasgow, p. 144.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stirling ScoP       Stirlingshire ScoCnty
Place: Raploch

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