Thornhill, a village in the detached section of Kincardine parish, Perthshire, 4 miles WSW of Doune and 9¼ WNW of Stirling. It has a post office under Stirling, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, two inns, Norriston Established and Free churches, a public school, and fairs on the first Tuesday of January andthe second Tuesday of March. Pop. (1861) 621, (1871) 498, (1881) 474.Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
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