Ochil Hills, a pastoral range occupying parts of the Scottish counties of Stirling, Perth, and Clackmannan, and extending from the vicinity of Stirling north-east to the Firth of Tay. It is 24 miles in length, and about 12 in breadth. Chief summits are Benclench (2363 feet), Dunmyat (1375), and King's Seat (2111). The hills, which are formed chiefly of greenstone and basalt, contain silver, copper, and iron ores. See Beveridge's Between the Ochils and the Forth (1888).
Ochil Hills
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 572
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