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The Ochil Hills (from the Celtic
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
 (specifically Old Welsh) uchel meaning 'high') is a range of hills in Scotland
Scotland

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 north of the Forth
River Forth

The River Forth , 47 km long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland.The Forth rises in Loch Ard in the Trossachs, a mountainous area some 30 km west of Stirling....
 valley bordered by the towns of Stirling
Stirling

Stirling is a City status in the United Kingdom and former ancient burgh in Scotland, and is at the heart of the wider Stirling .The city is clustered around a large Stirling Castle and medi?val old-town....
, Alloa
Alloa

Alloa is a small burgh in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, 7 miles to the east of Stirling, on the north bank of the River Forth. The town was a burgh of barony, and at one time of considerable commercial importance but is now relatively insignificant....
, Kinross
Kinross

Kinross is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was formerly the county town of Kinross-shire.Kinross is a fairly small town, with some attractive buildings....
 and Perth
Perth, Scotland

Perth is a town and former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area....
. The only major roads crossing the hills pass through Glen Devon/Glen Eagles
Gleneagles

Gleneagles may refer to the following:*Gleneagles, Scotland**The July 2005 G8 Summit held at Gleneagles, Scotland*Gleneagles Agreement*Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder...
 and Glenfarg
Glenfarg

Glenfarg is a small village in the Ochil Hills in the county of Perth and Kinross. The village benefited from a station on the Perth to Kinross railway line until its closure in 1964....
, the latter now largely replaced except for local traffic by the M90
M90

M90 or M-90 may refer to:* M90 , a camouflage pattern used by the Swedish armed forces* M-90 , a state highway in Michigan* M90 motorway, a motorway in Scotland...
 Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
-Perth motorway cutting through the eastern foothills.






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Ochil Hills
The Ochil Hills (from the Celtic
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
 (specifically Old Welsh) uchel meaning 'high') is a range of hills in Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 north of the Forth
River Forth

The River Forth , 47 km long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland.The Forth rises in Loch Ard in the Trossachs, a mountainous area some 30 km west of Stirling....
 valley bordered by the towns of Stirling
Stirling

Stirling is a City status in the United Kingdom and former ancient burgh in Scotland, and is at the heart of the wider Stirling .The city is clustered around a large Stirling Castle and medi?val old-town....
, Alloa
Alloa

Alloa is a small burgh in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, 7 miles to the east of Stirling, on the north bank of the River Forth. The town was a burgh of barony, and at one time of considerable commercial importance but is now relatively insignificant....
, Kinross
Kinross

Kinross is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was formerly the county town of Kinross-shire.Kinross is a fairly small town, with some attractive buildings....
 and Perth
Perth, Scotland

Perth is a town and former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area....
. The only major roads crossing the hills pass through Glen Devon/Glen Eagles
Gleneagles

Gleneagles may refer to the following:*Gleneagles, Scotland**The July 2005 G8 Summit held at Gleneagles, Scotland*Gleneagles Agreement*Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder...
 and Glenfarg
Glenfarg

Glenfarg is a small village in the Ochil Hills in the county of Perth and Kinross. The village benefited from a station on the Perth to Kinross railway line until its closure in 1964....
, the latter now largely replaced except for local traffic by the M90
M90

M90 or M-90 may refer to:* M90 , a camouflage pattern used by the Swedish armed forces* M-90 , a state highway in Michigan* M90 motorway, a motorway in Scotland...
 Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
-Perth motorway cutting through the eastern foothills. The hills are part of a Devonian
Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic era spanning from . It is named after Devon, England, where rocks from this period were first studied....
 lava extrusion whose appearance today is largely due to the Ochil Fault
Ochil Fault

The Ochil Fault is the geological feature which defines the southern face of the Ochil Hills escarpment, Scotland.North of the fault, Devonian lava flows and pyroclastic deposits slope gently down, thinning towards the north....
 which results in the southern face of the hills forming an escarpment
Escarpment

In geomorphology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves a sharp, steep elevation differential, characterized by a cliff or steep slope....
. The plateau is undulating with no prominent peak, the highest point being Ben Cleuch at 721m The south-flowing burns have cut deep ravine
Ravine

A ravine is a very small valley, which is often the product of streamcutting erosion. Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gully, although smaller than valleys....
s including Dollar Glen, Silver Glen
Silver Glen

The Silver Glen lies approximately 1km to the east of the town of Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and takes its name from the silver that was mined there in the early 18th century....
 and Alva Glen, often only passable with the aid of wooden walkways.

Historically, the hills led to Stirling's
Stirling

Stirling is a City status in the United Kingdom and former ancient burgh in Scotland, and is at the heart of the wider Stirling .The city is clustered around a large Stirling Castle and medi?val old-town....
 importance as the only gateway to the Highlands
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
 and also acted as a boundary to the Kingdom of Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
. Castle Campbell
Castle Campbell

Castle Campbell is a medi?val castle situated above the town of Dollar, Clackmannanshire in central Scotland. It was the seat of the Earls and Duke of Argyll, chiefs of Clan 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
Campbell

Campbell may refer to:...
 domination of the area. Sheriffmuir
Sheriffmuir

Sheriffmuir , the site of the inconclusive 1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir , lies on the slopes of the Ochil Hills just inside the Perthshire border in Scotland....
, the site of the 1715 battle of the Jacobite rising
Jacobite rising

The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland , and Kingdom of Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746....
 is on the northern slopes of the hills. In the early Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, production, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomics and cultural conditions in United Kingdom....
, several mill towns such as Tillicoultry
Tillicoultry

Tillicoultry is a village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Its Gaelic name is sometimes anglicised into Tullich-cul-tir in Scots Gaelic - "The mount or hill at the back of the country")...
, Alva and Menstrie
Menstrie

Menstrie...
 (the Hillfoots Villages
Hillfoots Villages

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....
) grew up in the shadow of the Ochils to tap the water power. Some of the mills are open today as museums.

Ochils2
Blairdennon Hill was the site of one of the Beacons of Dissent during the G8
G8

The Group of Eight is a forum for governments of eight nations of the northern hemisphere: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; in addition, the European Union is represented within the G8, but cannot host or chair....
 protests in July 2005.

Proposed wind farms

A proposal for an 18 turbine development at Green Knowes, south of Auchterarder
Auchterarder

Auchterarder is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the famous Gleneagles Hotel. The 1.5 mile long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "Lang Toon"....
, north of Glendevon was approved in June 2006. The development will be situated about 400m north of the Ben Thrush summit. This is now complete.

In early 2007 approval was given for the construction of a wind farm
Wind farm

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power. Individual turbines are interconnected with a medium voltage power collection system and communications network....
 consisting of 13 102m (334ft) turbines on Burnfoot Hill, which lies north of Tillicoultry
Tillicoultry

Tillicoultry is a village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Its Gaelic name is sometimes anglicised into Tullich-cul-tir in Scots Gaelic - "The mount or hill at the back of the country")...
 and Ben Cleuch and to the south of the Upper Glendevon Reservoir. Construction of this site has yet to beguin.

Selection of peaks in the Ochil Range

  • Ben Cleuch (721m)
  • Ben Buck (679m)
  • Andrew Gannel Hill (670m)
  • Kings Seat (648m)
  • Tarmangie (645m)
  • Whitewisp (643m)*The Law
    The Law

    The Law may refer to:* Laws* The Law * The Law * The Law * The Law , a 1990 film also known as Tila?* The Law , a 1959 film with Gina Lollobrigida ...
     (638m)
  • Blairdennon (631m)
  • Ben Ever (622m)
  • Innerdownie (611m)
  • Mickle Corum (594m)
  • Scad Hill (586m)
  • Colsnaur Hill (553m)
  • Grodwell Hill (553m)
  • Core Hill (543m)
  • Sauchanwood Hill (541m)
  • Burnfoot Hill (526m)
  • Wood Hill (525m)
  • Ben Shee (516m)
  • Craig Leith (513m)
  • Wether Hill (503m)
  • Bald Hill (500m)
  • Elistoun Hill (497m)
  • Craigentaggert Hill (493m)
  • Steele's Knowe (485m)
  • Sim's Hill (482m)
  • Glentye Hill (481m)
  • Eastbow Hill (476m)
  • Commonedge Hill (468m)
  • Hillfoot Hill (442m)
  • The Nebit (438m)
  • The Seat (429m)
  • Kinpauch Hill (426m)
  • Dumyat
    Dumyat

    Dumyat is a hill at the western extremity of the Ochil Hills in central Scotland. The name is thought to originate from Dun of the Maeatae....
     (418m)
  • Loss Hill (417m)
  • Craig Rossie (410m)
  • Myreton Hill
    Myreton Hill

    Myreton Hill is the hill immediately behind the village of Menstrie in the Ochil Hills of Scotland.The track up the scarp face of Myreton Hill leads to some calcite workings which date from the Napoleonic Wars....
     (387m)
  • Black Hill (358m)
  • Bank Hill (346m)


External links

  • Computer generated summit panoramas