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Wood Hil and Ellistoun Hill, Clackmannanshire

Ochil Hills The Ochil Hills are a long range of hills in the southern part of Perthshire and eastern Stirlingshire, and forming a great part of the small counties of Clackmannan and Kinross. The county tops of the latter two shires are all in the Ochil Hills. At the edges of the Ochil Hills stand the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross and Perth, and a string of villages beneath the southern scarp across three counties are known as the 'Hillfoots Villages'. The Ochils are south of the great ranges of the Highlands, separated from them by Strathearn. To the south is the Forth valley. The Lomond Hills of Fife provide an eastward extension of the range. The name "Ochil" is from a Celtic word root comparable to the Welsh uchel meaning 'high'. (Read more)