Fintry Hills
| Fintry Hills | ||
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 Beaching on the western edge of the Fintry Hills |
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| Highest peak | Stronend ( 512 m ) | |
| location | Scotland | |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 10 ′ N , 4 ° 4 ′ W | |
The Fintry Hills form the western end of a range of hills that extend west of the city of Stirling in Scotland . The highest point is the 512 m Stronend , from which you can overlook the village of Fintry .
Like the neighboring Gargunnock Hills , they are composed of volcanic rocks , mainly lava and tuff , that erupted in the Carboniferous .
The north, west and south sides of the range of hills are defined by a steep and rugged escarpment, while the east side gently merges into the valley of Backside Burn and Endrick Water . The Boquhan Burn initially runs northwest and flows down the northern escarpment Spout of Ballochleam . Loch Walton is at the foot of the southern slopes of the hills.
Footnotes
- ↑ Fintry Hills. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ^ Ordnance Survey Explorer sheet 348