Alva

Alva, a village in Clackmannanshire (in a district accounted till 1891 a detached part of Stirling-shire), at the base of the Ochils, 7¾ miles ENE. of Stirling by rail (1863), is a place of great industrial activity, having extensive woollen factories, in which the manufacture of shawls and tweeds has superseded that of blankets. To the east of the village is the Silver Glen, where two pits still mark the site of old silver mines, opened about 1712. Immediately behind the village is Alva Glen, noted for its picturesque beauty and magnificent waterfall. Pop. (1841) 2092; (1891) 5225.