Ben Lomond, a Scottish mountain in the NW. of Stirlingshire, on the east side of Loch
Lomond, 18½ miles N. of Dumbarton. It is 3192 feet high, and consists of mica slate, with veins of quartz, greenstone, and felspar porphyry. The summit is precipitous on the north side, with a gentle declivity on the south-east; it is covered with vegetation to the top. Seen from Loch Lomond, it appears a truncated cone, and from between Stirling and Aberfoyle, a regular pyramid. The magnificent view from the top, in clear weather, includes the whole length of Loch Lomond, with its diversified isles, and wooded and cultivated shores, the rich plains of Stirling-shire and the Lothians, the windings of the Forth, the castles of Stirling and Edinburgh, the heights of Lanarkshire, the vales of Renfrewshire and Ayr-shire, the Firth of Clyde, the Isles of Arran and Bute, the Irish coast, Kintyre, and the Atlantic. The north semicircle of the horizon is bounded by Bens Lawers, Voirlach, Ledi, Cruachan, and Nevis; while some of the beautiful Perthshire lochs are seen.