Glen Dochart
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Glen Dochart in Perthshire
, Scottish Highlands
is a glen
which runs from Crianlarich
eastwards to Killin
, following the course of the River Dochart as it flows through Loch Dochart and Loch Iubhair. It is met by Glen Ogle
at Lix Toll.
Perthshire
Perthshire, officially the County of Perth , is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south...
, 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...
is a glen
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."...
which runs from Crianlarich
Crianlarich
Crianlarich is a village in the Stirling district and registration county of Perthshire, Scotland, about six miles north-east of the head of Loch Lomond...
eastwards to Killin
Killin
Killin is a village situated at the western head of Loch Tay in Stirling , Scotland....
, following the course of the River Dochart as it flows through Loch Dochart and Loch Iubhair. It is met by Glen Ogle
Glen Ogle
Glen Ogle extends 7 miles north westwards from Lochearnhead to Lix Toll, where it opens into Glen Dochart....
at Lix Toll.