Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ochil Hills

Ochil Hills, hill-range, chiefly in SW. Perthshire, but also within or bordering on Clackmannan, Kinross, and Fife; extends 25 miles NE. and SW. from near Perth, on the Tay, to near Bridge of Allan, in Stirlingshire; has an average breadth of 12 miles, and attains in Ben Cleuch an alt. of 23G3 ft.; the summits are mostly rounded and verdant, and there are many beautiful glens and valleys.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hill-range"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountain ranges")
Administrative units: Clackmannanshire County       Fife County       Kinross Shire County       Perthshire County
Place: Ochil

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