Ochil Hills viewed from South-West of Tillicoultry

The Ochil Hills [1](from the Celtic "uchil" - the high ground) are a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross and Perth. The only major road crossing the hills follows Glen Devon and Glen Eagles, while the M90 Edinburgh-Perth motorway cuts through the eastern foothills. The hills are part of a a Devonian lava extrusion whose appearance today is largely due to the Ochil Fault which results in the southern face of the hills forming an escarpment. The plateau is undulating with no prominent peak, the highest point being Ben Cleuch at 721 m The south-flowing burns have cut deep ravines including Dollar Glen, Silver Glen and Alva Glen, often only passable with the aid of wooden walkways. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2546x1720, 1100 KB)The Ochil Hills as seen from South-West of Tillicoultry. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2546x1720, 1100 KB)The Ochil Hills as seen from South-West of Tillicoultry. ... Tillicoultry (Tullich Cul Tir in Scots Gaelic - At the foot of the hills) is a small town (Population 5264 in 2001) in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The River Forth meanders over fertile farmlands near Stirling The River Forth, 47 km (29 miles) long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland. ... Stirling (Sruighlea in Gaelic) is a city in central Scotland. ... Location within the British Isles Alloa is a small burgh in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, 6 miles to the east of Stirling, on north bank of the River Forth. ... Kinross is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, though traditionally in Kinross-shire. ... The Royal Burgh of Perth (Peairt in Scottish Gaelic) is a large burgh in central Scotland. ... Glen Eagles is a glen or valley in the Ochil Hills. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ), Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic, is the second-largest city in Scotland and its capital city. ... Disambiguation: Devonian is also an adjective relating to the English county of Devon or the people there. ... The Ochil Fault is the geological feature which defines the southern face of the Ochil Hills escarpment. ... In geology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves an elevation differential, often involving high cliffs. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The Silver Glen lies approximately 1km to the east of the town of Alva, and takes its name from the silver that was mined there in the early 18th century. ...

Historically, the hills led to Stirling's importance as the only gateway to the Highlands and also acted as a boundary to the Kingdom of Fife. Castle Campbell was built at the head of Dollar Glen in the late 1400s (an earlier castle on the site being called Castle Gloom) mainly as a very visible symbol of the Campbell domination of the area. Sheriffmuir, the site of the 1715 battle of the Jacobite rising is on the northern slopes of the hills. In the early Industrial Revolution, several mill towns such as Tillicoultry, Alva and Menstrie (the Hillfoots Villages) grew up in the shadow of the Ochils to tap the water power. Some of the mills are open today as museums. Stirling (Sruighlea in Gaelic) is a city in central Scotland. ... The Scottish Highlands are the mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ... This article is about the Scottish clan; for other Campbells see Campbell (disambiguation). ... Sheriffmuir (or Sheriff Muir), the site of the inconclusive 1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir (part of the Jacobite rising), lies on the slopes of the Ochil Hills just inside the Perthshire border in Scotland. ... Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones usurped by his... The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... Tillicoultry (Tullich Cul Tir in Scots Gaelic - At the foot of the hills) is a small town (Population 5264 in 2001) in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ... Alva is a small town in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ... Menstrie is one of the Hillfoots Villages village in the region of Clackmannanshire. ... The Hillfoots Villages are the villages and small towns which lie at the base of the southern scarp face of the Ochil Hills, formed by the Ochil Fault, in Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire in central Scotland. ...

Ochil Hills viewed from Stirling Castle. The scarp face formed by the line of the Ochil Fault can be seen clearly. The Abbey Craig is in the middle distance.

Blairdennon Hill (631 metres) in the Ochils was the site of one of the Beacons of Dissent during the G8 protests in July, 2005. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1792x1200, 320 KB) Summary Photograph by Alan Campbell. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1792x1200, 320 KB) Summary Photograph by Alan Campbell. ... Stirling Castle (southwest aspect) Stirling Castle is an historic castle in Stirling, Scotland. ... The Ochil Fault is the geological feature which defines the southern face of the Ochil Hills escarpment. ... The Abbey Craig is the hill upon which the Wallace Monument stands, at Causewayhead, just to the north of Stirling. ... G8 countries. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Selection of peaks of the Ochils

• Ben Cleuch (721m)
• Ben Buck (679m)
• Andrew Gannel Hill (670m)
• Kings Seat (648m)
• Tarmangie (645m)
• Whitewisp (643m)
• The Law (638m)
• Blairdennon (631m)
• Ben Ever (622m)
• Ben Shee (516m)
• Craig Leith (513m)
• The Nebit (438m)
• Dumyat (418m)

Dumyat, the hill at the western extremity of the Ochil Hills. ...

External link

• Computer generated summit panoramas North from Ben Cleuch South from Ben Cleuch index