BRIDGE OF

See also:

• ALLAN, DAVID (1744–1796)
• ALLAN, SIR HUGH (1810–1882)
• ALLAN, SIR WILLIAM (1782–1850)

ALLAN  , a police burgh of Stirlingshire, Scotland . Pop . (1901) 3240 . It lies on the Allan, a left-hand tributary of the Forth, 3 M . N. of Stirling by the Caledonian railway and by tramway . Built largely on the well-wooded slopes of Westerton and Airthrey Hill, sheltered by the Ochils from the north and east winds, and environed by charming scenery, it has a great reputation as a health resort and watering-place, especially in winter and spring . There is a pump-room . The chief buildings are the hydropathic and the Macfarlane museum of fine art and natural history . The industries include bleaching, dyeing and paper-making . The Strathallan Gathering, usually held in the neighbourhood, is the most popular athletic meeting in mid-Scotland . Airthrey Castle, standing in a fine park with a lake, adjoins the town on the south-east, and just beyond it are the old church and burying-ground of Logie, beautifully situated at the foot of a granite spur of the Ochil range .