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25-721: Sauchie is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland . It lies north of the River Forth and south of the Ochil Hills , within the council area of Clackmannanshire . Sauchie has a population of around 6000 and is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) northeast of Alloa and two miles (three kilometres) east-southeast of Tullibody . The name means the place or field of the willows. The land originally belonged to Clan Campbell , being mentioned in connection with Cailean Mór and Gilleasbaig of Menstrie . In 1321 Robert

50-627: A mile to the east is universally credited with being the last Pictish stronghold at the old hillfort there." An 18-turbine development, approved in June 2006, has been constructed at Green Knowes, south of Auchterarder , north of Glendevon about 400 m (1,300 ft) north of the Ben Thrush summit. Following approval in early 2007, the construction of a wind farm consisting of thirteen 102 m (335 ft) turbines on Burnfoot Hill, which lies north of Tillicoultry and Ben Cleuch and to

75-465: A sacred well shrouded in mythology (OS Grid Reference – NS 81787 97653). Local historians have struggled to discover exactly the identity of "Katie Thirsty", but Pictish researcher Ronald Henderson argues that "the name derives from a corruption of both St. Katherine of Alexandria [Katie] and the Pictish King, Drust or Drustan [Thirsty]." He goes on to say "that the great crags of Dumyat less than

100-513: A slop leading onto Glentye Hill. Marked as 350 metres. Peat Hill, Lamb Hill, and Gled's Nose are a selection of “hills” marked on OS Maps near NN 9768 0247. These hills have no distinguishable summit, disqualifying them as “peaks” in the Ochils, but rather they lead onto Glenquey Hill and Innerdownie respectively. Berry Hill and The Shank (near NN 9591 0456) are marked as hills on OS maps, but fail to have distinguishable peaks. Rather, they lead onto

125-488: A thick wedge of Devonian age volcanic and volcano-sedimentary rocks, rising up from below the lower Old Red Sandstone sedimentary rocks to the north and terminated to the south by the major southerly downthrowing Ochil Fault . The Ochil Volcanic Formation, a sub-unit of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group , consists of basaltic andesite and trachyandesite lavas and related rock types erupted during

150-619: Is also home to several youth teams including Claremont Football Club. New Sauchie is a relatively modern settlement developed around the Holton Village area to house miners working in the Earl of Mar's colliery at the Holton mine, and Newtonschaw, a village housing servants of the Schaw family. It lies about one mile (1.5 kilometres) south of the original village. Schawpark Golf Course lies on

175-625: Is here that the coal and iron bearing rocks that fueled Scotland 's Industrial Revolution are to be found. This area has also experienced intense volcanism , Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh being the remnant of a once much larger volcano active in the Carboniferous period some 300 million years ago. This area is relatively low-lying, although even here hills such as the Ochils and Campsie Fells are rarely far from view. In common with

200-459: Is largely due to the Ochil Fault which results in the southern face of the hills forming an escarpment . The plateau is undulating with no prominent peak, the highest point being Ben Cleuch at 721 m (2,365 ft). The south-flowing burns have cut deep ravines including Dollar Glen, Silver Glen and Alva Glen , often only passable with the aid of wooden walkways. The extent of

225-715: The Early Devonian epoch. Parts of the lower slopes on the northern side around Blackford and Auchterarder are formed from a volcanic conglomerate. It is intruded by numerous dykes of micridiorite of Silurian /Devonian age which form a part of the North Britain Siluro-Devonian Calc-alkaline Dyke Suite. Intrusions of both mafic and felsic character are also found. The whole massif is heavily faulted with some valleys such as Alva Glen and Glen Sherup having been eroded along these lines. Glacial till covers much of

250-540: The Forth valley bordered by the cities of Stirling , Perth and the towns of Alloa , Kinross , and Auchterarder . The only major roads crossing the hills pass through Glen Devon/ Glen Eagles and Glenfarg , the latter now largely replaced except for local traffic by the M90 Edinburgh -Perth motorway cutting through the eastern foothills. The hills are part of a Devonian lava extrusion whose appearance today

275-683: The Ochils Mountain Rescue Team (founded in 1971), a local division of the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland. The Ochils Mountain Rescue Team consists of 35 volunteer mountaineers with specialist training who "locate and recover people who find themselves in difficult situations in the outdoors." In order of height. Black Hill (North-West) near Sherrifmuir is marked on OS Maps as “Black Hill", but has no distinguishable peak or summit, more of

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300-451: The Bruce granted the lands of Sauchie to Henry de Annand , former Sheriff of Clackmannan . A tower was built in 1335, and the present Sauchie Tower is on the same site. The extant tower was built before 1431 when Mary de Annand , the co-heiress to the estate, married Sir James Schaw of Greenock. The tower is all that remains of the village which developed within its protective radius. In

325-549: The Central Lowlands being much more densely populated than the rest of Scotland. The cities of Glasgow , Edinburgh , Dunfermline , Stirling , Perth and Dundee all lie in the Central Lowlands, and over 75% of Scotland's population lives in this region. Ochil Hills The Ochil Hills ( / ˈ oʊ x əl / ; Scottish Gaelic : Monadh Ochail ) is a range of hills in Scotland north of

350-537: The Ochils is not well-defined but by some definitions continues to include the hills of north Fife. Historically, the hills, combined with the town's site at the lowest bridging-point on the River Forth, led to Stirling 's importance as a main gateway to the Highlands . They also acted as a boundary with Fife . Castle Campbell was built at the head of Dollar Glen in the late 15th century (an earlier castle on

375-723: The closure of the Iapetus Ocean . The fault allowed the Midland Valley to descend as a major rift by as much as 4000 metres and there was subsequently vertical movement . This earlier vertical movement was later replaced by a horizontal shear. The Southern Uplands Fault runs from the Rhins of Galloway in the west towards Dunbar on the east coast 30 miles (50 km) from Edinburgh . A productive combination of fertile low-lying agricultural land and significant deposits of economically valuable coal and iron have led to

400-525: The early 18th century the Schaw family moved from the tower to the more comfortable Newtonschaw. The village developed a brick works by the River Devon which fell into disuse following the collapse of the local mining industry. The rare and typically Scottish New Sauchie or Auchinbaird Vaulted Tower Windmill stands on a ridge overlooking New Sauchie and dates from the late 17th or early 18th century. It

425-518: The lower ground around and within the range and peat accumulations occur on the plateau surface particularly in the west. Ancient folklore and historical documentation suggests that the Ochils once were inhabited by the Picts , or at least that a few Pictish settlements existed in the Ochil Hills. Castle Craig, a ruined ancient fort above the village of Mill Glen destroyed by industrial quarrying,

450-571: The mills are open today as museums. Blairdenon Hill was the site of one of the Beacons of Dissent during the G8 protests in July 2005. The name Ochil , recorded as Okhel in the 13th Century, is of Pictish origin. The name may involve *ogel meaning, "a ridge". It is less likely that the name involves the adjective *uchel meaning "high, tall" (cf. Welsh uchel ). The Ochils are formed from

475-629: The rest of Scotland the whole region was affected by Pleistocene glaciations . The Highland Boundary Fault runs from North Glen Sannox on the Isle of Arran in the south and west through the Isle of Bute and Helensburgh , then forms the northern boundary of Strathmore before reaching Stonehaven in the north east. The fault was active during the Caledonian orogeny , a plate tectonic collision which took place from Mid Ordovician to Mid Devonian periods (520 to 400 million years ago), during

500-601: The site had been called "Castle Gloom") mainly as a very visible symbol of the Campbell domination of the area. Sheriffmuir , the site of the 1715 battle of the Jacobite rising , is on the northern slopes of the hills. In the early Industrial Revolution , several mill towns such as Tillicoultry , Alva and Menstrie (the Hillfoots Villages ) grew up in the shadow of the Ochils to tap the water power. Some of

525-634: The site of the Schaw family estate which is no longer extant. Central Lowlands The Central Lowlands , sometimes called the Midland Valley or Central Valley , is a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland . It consists of a rift valley between the Highland Boundary Fault to the north and the Southern Uplands Fault to the south. The Central Lowlands are one of

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550-580: The south of the Upper Glendevon Reservoir has been completed. The site consists of fifteen 2 MW and six 2.05 MW turbines with a tip height of 100 m (330 ft). The windfarm is owned and run by EDF Renewables , who support the work of the Ochils Mountain Rescue Team through the Burnfoot Hill Community Fund with an annual donation of £5,000 guaranteed till 2039. The Ochil Hills are home to

575-493: The three main geographical sub-divisions of Scotland, the other two being the Highlands and Islands which lie to the north, northwest and the Southern Uplands , which lie south of the associated second fault line. It is the most populated of Scotland ’s three geographical regions. The Central Lowlands is largely underlain by Paleozoic formations . Many of these sedimentary rocks have economic significance for it

600-510: Was a grain mill and later converted to a dovecote and has been preserved as a landscape feature and tourist attraction. The village has a strong footballing tradition and is home to the football club Sauchie Juniors , who compete in the East of Scotland League . The club was founded in 1960 and play their home games at Beechwood Park in Sauchie, next to the park is Alloa Golf Club . The village

625-406: Was mentioned by local historian William Gibson in 1883 as being "a round Pictish fortress, the traces of which can still be distinctly seen." Old lore also told that some of the stones from the fort of Castle Craig were used in the construction of Stirling Castle , 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (12.5 kilometres) to the west. Another item of folklore existing in the Ochil Hills is Katie Thirsty's Well,

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