Clackmannan and Kinross . in the south, where, about a mile from theshore, the steep face of Benarty Hill rises to a flat topmore than 1000 feet abo\e sea-level. The countyboundary runs for some distance along the crest of thehill, here, as often elsewhere, coinciding with the water-parting—Kinross-shire being essentially the area draininginto Loch Leven. Benarty resembles most of the hillsin the Fife peninsula in having an abrupt descent on itswestern side, where a steep wooded slope overlooks theGreat North Road and railway, which here cross thewater-parting at a saddle only 420 feet above s
Clackmannan and Kinross . in the south, where, about a mile from theshore, the steep face of Benarty Hill rises to a flat topmore than 1000 feet abo\e sea-level. The countyboundary runs for some distance along the crest of thehill, here, as often elsewhere, coinciding with the water-parting—Kinross-shire being essentially the area draininginto Loch Leven. Benarty resembles most of the hillsin the Fife peninsula in having an abrupt descent on itswestern side, where a steep wooded slope overlooks theGreat North Road and railway, which here cross thewater-parting at a saddle only 420 feet above of this gap, the land rises to the long east-and-west SIZK SHAPK BOUNDARIES 89 ri(ige of the Clcish Fiills, whose highest point, Dumglow,is 1241 feet; here again the boundary generally followsthe water-parting. Over the irregular surface west ofthe Cleish Hills, the boundary continues generally west-wards to the Clackmannanshire border, where it turnsnorth to the river Devon, up which it passes to the con-. Benarty from the north, showing the steep western slope fluence of the little Glendey burn. This burn runsalong the southern exit of a transverse pass in the Ochils,the pass utilized by the road from Dunning to this pass the county boundary runs towards theculminating point (1007 feet), approaching which, itstrikes eastwards alono- the crest of the main ridije of the 90 KTNR0SS-8HIRE Ochils. Here is Innerdouny Hill (1521 feet), the highestpoint in Kinross. East of this, the boundary follows asomewhat irregular course o\er generally falling grounduntil, at a point where the three counties of Fife, Perthand Kinross meet, it drops into the valley leading toGlen Farg and Perth. This valley is the exit used by theGreat North Road and the railway which entered thecounty at the gap between the Cleish and Benarty Hills.
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