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Skinflats
FalkirkSkinflats
©2011 Gazetteer for Scotland
A village in Falkirk Council area, situated to the east of Carronshore and north of the River Carron. It was named by Dutch engineers brought here to reclaim land in the 18th Century. They dubbed their achievement 'beautiful plains', the Dutch words being corrupted to create a name that has been described as the ugliest in Scotland.
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