Buchanan Smithy
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Village
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in Buchanan
Buchanan, Stirling
Buchanan is a historic parish in Stirlingshire in Scotland.It includes a large part of the eastern shore of Loch Lomond. The largest village in the parish is Balmaha....
in the far west of Stirling
Stirling (council area)
Stirling is one of the 32 unitary local government council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about 87,000 . It was created under the Local Government etc Act 1994 with the boundaries of the Stirling district of the former Central local government region, and it covers most of the former...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. The current village was mostly purpose-built in the 18th century for the estate workers of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose KG, KT, PC , styled Marquess of Graham until 1790, was a Scottish nobleman and statesman.-Background:...
, who lived at nearby Buchanan Castle
Buchanan Castle
Buchanan Castle is a large house in Stirlingshire, Scotland, and serves today as the seat of the Clan Graham.Located west of the village of Drymen, the house was built by the 4th Duke of Montrose in 1854. The original structure, the ancestral seat of the Clan Buchanan, had burned down in 1852, and...
. The name "Smithy" arose due to the presence of three blacksmith
Blacksmith
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s there. Today the main local industries are forestry, agriculture and tourism.