Glen Ogle
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Glen Ogle extends 7 miles north westwards from Lochearnhead
to Lix Toll, where it opens into Glen Dochart
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The Ogle Burn flows within the steep sides of the glen
, from the Lochan Lairig Cheile at the glen's head.
The military road, which can been seen from the modern road, was built in 1749 by Major William Caulfeild. It was used by the British Army
in its efforts to pacify the Highlands after the Jacobite Rising of 1745
.
to the summit of the glen and Killin Junction
.
The route takes in the Glen Ogle viaduct. The bridge, which has a concrete core, is clad in local granite
and has 12 stone arches.
Lochearnhead
Lochearnhead is a village on the A84 Stirling to Crianlarich road at the foot of Glen Ogle, north of the Highland Boundary Fault...
to Lix Toll, where it opens into Glen Dochart
Glen Dochart
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....
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The Ogle Burn flows within the steep sides of the 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."...
, from the Lochan Lairig Cheile at the glen's head.
The military road, which can been seen from the modern road, was built in 1749 by Major William Caulfeild. It was used by the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
in its efforts to pacify the Highlands after the Jacobite Rising of 1745
Jacobite rising
The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in Great Britain and Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746. The uprisings were aimed at returning James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by...
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Railway walk
It is possible to walk through the glen on a footpath that follows the course of the former Callander and Oban RailwayCallander and Oban Railway
The Callander and Oban Railway company was formed in 1864 with the objective of linking Callander, Scotland to the west coast port of Oban over challenging terrain, particularly at Glen Ogle and the Pass of Brander at Loch Awe. Callander had been reached in 1858 by the Dunblane, Doune and Callander...
to the summit of the glen and Killin Junction
Killin Junction railway station
Killin Junction was a railway station located in Glen Dochart, Stirling close to where the road from Glen Ogle joins the Crianlarich to Killin road.- History :...
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The route takes in the Glen Ogle viaduct. The bridge, which has a concrete core, is clad in local granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
and has 12 stone arches.