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The Falls of Dochart are a cascade of waterfalls situated on the River Dochart at Killin in Stirling, Scotland, near the western end of Loch Tay. The Bridge of Dochart, first constructed in 1760, crosses the river at Killin offering a view of the falls as they cascade over the rocks and around the island of Inchbuie, which is the ancient burial place of the MacNab clan.

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Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve Office

Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve Office

0.51km from Falls Of Dochart

Ben Lawers Nature Reserve is a range of mountains, connecting ridges, cliffs and lochans,Built of ancient rocks, folded and faulted in picturesque contortions, and home to the most celebrated collection of mountain plants in Britain. Encompassing almost 4,500ha of the southern and/or eastern slopes of the Ben Lawers and Tarmachan ranges, it’s managed for conservation and public access.

Finlarig Castle

Finlarig Castle

1.43km from Falls Of Dochart

Finlarig Castle is an early seventeenth century Tower House built by Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy. Built in 1629 by 'Black' Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, the castle is an L-plan tower-house, formerly protected by an outer enclosure or barmekin, which is now in a dangerously ruinous condition. It was one of many strongholds built in Argyll and Perthshire by the Campbells of Breadalbane. The castle was visited by Rob Roy MacGregor in 1713.

Moirlanich Longhouse

Moirlanich Longhouse

1.91km from Falls Of Dochart

Moirlanich Longhouse is an outstanding example of a 19th-century cruck frame cottage and byre, set in beautiful Glen Lochay countryside near Killin, and retaining many original features. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and is open to visitors, from May to September, Sundays and Wednesdays, 2.00 - 5.00 p.m.

Meall nan Tarmachan

Meall nan Tarmachan

6.69km from Falls Of Dochart

Meall nan Tarmachan is a mountain in the Southern Highlands of Scotland near Killin just west of Ben Lawers. It is often climbed as part of the Tarmachan ridge, the other peaks of which are Meall Garbh , Beinn nan Eachan and Creag na Caillich; these three peaks are Tops rather than Munros, and lie to the south-west of Meall nan Tarmachan. It is normally approached from the east via the road heading north from the Ben Lawers visitors centre.

Glen Lochay

Glen Lochay

7.3km from Falls Of Dochart

Glen Lochay is in Perthshire, Scotland through which the River Lochay runs eastward towards Loch Tay, joining the River Dochart at Killin. Glen Lochay is about 20 miles long, running from a point north of Crianlarich to Loch Tay.A road runs up the glen as far as Kenknock Farm, but there is no vehicular access beyond this point. A track leads further up the glen past cottages at Badour, then Batavaime farm , the last occupied building in Glen Lochay. The ruins of cottages can be seen higher up t

Meall Ghaordaidh

Meall Ghaordaidh

9.19km from Falls Of Dochart

A beautiful mountain in the Southern Highlands of Scotland, approximately 10 km north-west of Killin.The mountain can be ascended via Glen Lochay starting to the north-west of the Allt Dhùin Croisg near Duncroisk, via an eroded path leading north-west through peat bogs to the summit; alternatively, an ascent can be made from Glen Lyon starting at Stronuich via one of two spurs that lead to the summit

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Stirling

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County of Stirling is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-east and south-west.

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