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Dunblane| Town and former burgh in Stirling unitary authority, Scotland, 23 km/14 mi southwest of Crieff; population (2001) 7,900. Its long-established textiles industry specializes in the manufacture of knitwear. In March 1996 a lone gunman entered the local primary school, killing 16 infants and their teacher, and wounding 17 other children and a member of staff. |
| The massacre led to the banning of all privately held handguns in the United Kingdom and further tightening of the gun laws. |
| Dunblane was a major centre in the Middle Ages, because of its proximity to the royal residence of Stirling, and as the seat of an old diocese. Its cathedral was rebuilt in 1240 by Bishop Clemens in the early pointed style, with an elegant west window. |
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