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Muirhouses
FalkirkA small residential village in Falkirk Council area, situated to the south of the Carriden burn, immediately east of Bo'ness. Built in the 1860s by Admiral Sir James Hope (1808-81) as a model village for workers on the Carriden House Estate, the original cottages were designated a Conservation Area in 1975. Little Carriden to the north comprises a section of cottage-style local authority housing and close by are Carriden House and the sites of a Roman camp and fort.
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