Glen Douglas
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Glen Douglas is a glen
in the southwest Scottish Highlands
. It is drained by the Douglas Water which discharges at the village of Inverbeg at its eastern end into Loch Lomond
. The glen is followed by a minor road which links the A82 road alongside Loch Lomond with the A814 road beside Loch Long
. The glen is overlooked to the north by Beinn Bhreac (681m) and Tullich Hill (632m) and to the south by Doune Hill (700m) and a 655m hill known as Coire na h-Eanachan.
At the upper (western) end of the glen is the DM Glen Douglas
military munitions depot which is connected to the railway line from Helensburgh to Crianlarich.
Glen
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long, deep, and often glacially U-shaped; or one with a watercourse running through such a valley. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath."...
in the southwest Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
. It is drained by the Douglas Water which discharges at the village of Inverbeg at its eastern end into Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area. The lake contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh-water island in the British Isles, although the lake itself is smaller than many Irish...
. The glen is followed by a minor road which links the A82 road alongside Loch Lomond with the A814 road beside Loch Long
Loch Long
Loch Long is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The sea loch extends from the Firth of Clyde at its southwestern end. It measures approximately 20 miles in length, with a width of between one and two miles...
. The glen is overlooked to the north by Beinn Bhreac (681m) and Tullich Hill (632m) and to the south by Doune Hill (700m) and a 655m hill known as Coire na h-Eanachan.
At the upper (western) end of the glen is the DM Glen Douglas
DM Glen Douglas
DM Glen Douglas is a NATO defence munitions depot in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, built between 1962 and 1966. As of 1989, it served NATO as a pre-positioned wartime ammunitions depot, storing around 40,000 tons of missiles, depth-charges, and conventional shells. It is now used only by the UK...
military munitions depot which is connected to the railway line from Helensburgh to Crianlarich.