THE history of Alloa Inch will be discussed at an event on Monday, March 27.
Chairman of Stirling and Clacks Scottish Wildlife Trust, Roy Sexton, will give a presentation to Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society on the 80 acre island in the Forth.
In the 1700s it was a mud bank covered in salt marsh, flooded to a depth of four to six feet at spring tides.
Then in 1800 the island was surveyed and plans put in place to build a nine foot embankment to keep the water out and produce fertile farmland.
For 180 years the island was occupied and farmed until the banks gave way.
Today, the spot is owned by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and is important as a refuge for geese on their migration routes north.
To find out more about Alloa Inch head along to the meeting at Alloa Town Hall at 7.30pm, all welcome.
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