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The Ochil hills across the River Carron, Stirlingshire

River Carron, Stirlingshire The River Carron is a river in Stirlingshire that empties into the River Forth. The river bears a name commonplace in the north, but that in Stirlingshire is the most famous of the namesakes. The river rises in the Campsie Fells before flowing into the Carron Valley Reservoir. In the Dark Ages this was a frontier region: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls the river Cære, when recording a battle here between the Northumbrians and the Picts. (Read more)