ALMOND-BANK, a village, in the parish of MethVEN, county
of Perth; containing 245 inhabitants.
The population is engaged principally in the works situated
on the river Almond; and a portion finds employment
in a hand-l^oom weaving establishment at Woodend,
in the vicinity of the village. There is a flourishing
unendowed school here, the teacher of which is nominated
by the patron of the parish, who, with some other
persons, makes a contribution for his support. In
digging a trench in the neighbourhood, the skull of an
animal was discovered, supposed to be of the ox tribe,
which existed wild in Scotland some centuries ago; it
measured, from between the centre of the horns to the
nose, two feet four inches, and the horns were sixteen
inches round in their thickest part. The curiosity fell
to the possession of the late Lord Lynedoch.