Ochil Hills

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The Ochil Hills [ oʊxɨl ], also briefly Ochils are a range of hills in Scotland. It extends over a length of 35 km in the east-west direction across the prefectures Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross. The Ochil Hills run parallel to the northerly Grampians few kilometers north of the River Forth and limits its plane to north. Along its southern flank line up of Blairlogie in Yetts of Muckhart the Hill Foot's Villages, which are connected by the A91 to the traffic network. With the A823 crosses only a nationally important road the Ochils. The M90 runs along the eastern flank.

The Ochils formed in Devon are of volcanic origin and composed mainly of andesite. The southern slopes of about 19 km wide ridge hang high on formative beyond the level of Clackmannanshire, while the north- facing slopes fall significantly flatter. The highest peaks are located with the 721 -meter high Ben Cleuch at Tillicoultry and the 418 m high at Damietta Blairlogie on the southwest side.