Fintry is a small riverside village in Stirlingshire, central Scotland. Landscape The village of Fintry sits on the strath of the Endrick Water in a valley between the Campsie Fells and the Fintry Hills. The name Fintry is said to have derived from the Old Gaalic for "Fair Land" and is designated as a Local Landscape Area (LLA) (formally called a Special Landscape Area or Area of Great Landscape Value). Fintry is located south-west of Stirling and around north of Glasgow. History Neolithic & Bronze age There is evidence of people living in the area as early at the Bronze age, up to 4,000 years ago. Todholes Cairn, Fintry Hills - double ring cairn of the late Neolithic/earlier Bronze Age (3500 to 4500 years old) Machar/Waterhead Stones - pair of neolithic standing stones Old Fintry "Old" Fintry was formed around the Church area or Clachan of Fintry in the early 13th century. Culcreuch Castle was also built around this period, in 1296, and was the historic seat of the chiefs of the Galbraith clan until 1624 when a series of scandals lost them their status under Scots Law. New Fintry The small industrial ‘new town’ of Fintry (or "Newton of Fintry") developed north-west of the original clachan following the establishment of the Culcreuch cotton spinning mill by Peter Spiers in 1795. The mill and two small settlements were recorded in the mid-eighteenth century. the village had retained examples of former mill workers’ housing alongside traditional buildings from the later eighteenth and turn of the nineteenth centuries. Modern Fintry Fintry resident Sir Walter Menzies MP built the Menzies Hall to celebrate the coming of age of his son, James, in 1907. The hall is still used as a village hall and hosts events, and clubs, including Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society. To safeguard the settlement’s distinctive historical form and character Fintry has been designated a Conservation Area by Stirling Council. Fintry Conservation Area is centred on its long Main Street, set out on the south bank of the river across the Fintry Bridge from the original Culcreuch mill site. 150 of the 700 strong population living within the Fintry Conservation area. Facilities Public services There is a primary school in the village with a nursery class annex. Fintry is within the catchment area of Balfron High School, for which a school bus is provided. Public transport is provided by the Stirling Council