Clackmannan and Kinross . from those to the south. Tothe north the land has an average elevation of more than1500 feet, and reaches its culminating point in Bencleuch,the stony mountain, a peak, 2363 feet above sea-level,occupying the centre of the Clackmannanshire Bencleuch the crest line runs west by north to Blair-denon Hill (2072 feet), east to Whitewisp Hill (2110 feet),and east by south to Kings Seat Hill (2111 feet). Oneither side of this divide, small streams, swollen into torrentsafter heavy rainfall, tumble rapidly down to join the largerrivers of the lower valleys. Curio
Clackmannan and Kinross . from those to the south. Tothe north the land has an average elevation of more than1500 feet, and reaches its culminating point in Bencleuch,the stony mountain, a peak, 2363 feet above sea-level,occupying the centre of the Clackmannanshire Bencleuch the crest line runs west by north to Blair-denon Hill (2072 feet), east to Whitewisp Hill (2110 feet),and east by south to Kings Seat Hill (2111 feet). Oneither side of this divide, small streams, swollen into torrentsafter heavy rainfall, tumble rapidly down to join the largerrivers of the lower valleys. Curiously enough, they all 22 CLACKMANNANSHIRE join the same river, because the Devon, which flowseastward on the north side of this divide and roughlyparallel to it, makes a great bend beyond the easternconfines of the county and thus returns to pass westwardsclose along the hill foot across the breadth of Clackman-nanshire, receiving, in its passage the waters of the streamswhich drain the southern face of the Ochils. These. Bencleuch Streams have cut deep and picturesque glens amongst thehills ; and where the glens debouch upon the Carboniferousplain the towns on the Kinross road have arisen. Thusthe Burn of Sorrow, flowing from Maddy Moss in thebasin between Whitewisp and Kings Seat Hills, afterbeing joined by the Hurn of Care at Castle Campbell,enters the Devon at Dollar ; the Dai Glen Burn, rein-forced by the Gannel or Gloomingside Burn, enters at SURFACE P^EATURES 23 Tillicoultry ; the Aha l^urn at Alva ; the MenstrieBurn at Menstrie. Blairdenon Hill, right on the countyboundary, is an important hydrographic centre, streamsradiating from it in all directions. The hills themselvesare covered with a thin soil formed of the detritus of theunderlying igneous rock, vv^hich, indeed, is not alw^ayscompletely covered but in places protrudes in roundedknolls or bluff crags. South of the great fault is all low flat agriculturalcountry. This area, triangular in shape with the apexpointi
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