Ochil Hills
DESTINATIONS
edinburgh and the lothians
ochil-hills
The scarp face of the Ochil Hills looms unmistakably. It's an old fault line that yields up hard volcanic rocks and contrasts with the quantities of softer coal immediately around the River Forth. The steep Ochils provided grazing land and water power for Scotland's second-largest textile area.
POINTS OF INTEREST
Castle Campbell
With green woods below, bracken hills above, and a view that on a clear day stretches right across the Forth…
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East of Alva is the Ochil Hills Woodland Park, which provides access to lovely Silver Glen, so called because the…
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