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 == Background  ==
-Clackmannanshire is a small county in the interior of Scotland, bounded on the north and north-west by Perthshire, from which it is separated by the Ochil Hills, on the east by the county of Fife, and on the south and south-west by the river Forth.&nbsp; It is about 10 miles in length and 8 miles in extreme breadth, comprising an area of 52 square miles or 33,280 acres.
+Clackmannanshire is a small county in the interior of Scotland, and is, in fact, known as "The Wee County" due to it being the smallest county in Scotland. It is bounded on the north and north-west by Perthshire, from which it is separated by the Ochil Hills, on the east by the county of Fife, and on the south and south-west by the river Forth.&nbsp; It is about 10 miles in length and 8 miles in extreme breadth, comprising an area of 52 square miles or 33,280 acres.
 It comprises four parishes with part of another.&nbsp; For civil purposes it is associated with the county of Kinross under one sheriff, with a sub-sheriff for each.&nbsp; It contains the towns of Clackmannan and Alloa.&nbsp; For a considerable breadth from the shore of the Forth the surface is level, but towards the north rises rapidly, forming part of the Ochil range of hills.&nbsp; About two-thirs of the land is arable and the remainder is hill pasture.&nbsp; The&nbsp;soil is rich and fertile and&nbsp;crops of every kind of grain are produced, and the higher lands afford good pasturage for sheep and cattle.&nbsp;