Gillies Hill
Gillies Hill is located west of Stirling and the M9, south of Cambusbarron, and north of the Bannock Burn in Central Scotland. Gillies Hill covers a 140 hectares crag and tail which rises from a height of 79 metres at the Bannock Burn Bridge near Sauchie Craig to an elevation of 162 m at a point which overlooks the former quarrying operation to the west and Stirling Castle to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peigimccann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 558 feet
- Description: hill in Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Touchadam Craig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stirling Castle and Stirling railway station.
Stirling Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation.
Stirling railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stirling railway station is a railway station located in Stirling, Scotland. It is located on the former Caledonian Railway main line between Glasgow and Perth.
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Museum
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, formerly The Smith Institute, is an art and local history museum in Stirling, Scotland. The museum was founded in 1874 at the bequest of artist Thomas Stuart Smith.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cambusbarron and Torbrex Village.
Cambusbarron
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cambusbarron is a village in Stirling, Scotland. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 3,224. There is evidence of settlement at the site since the Bronze Age, and several forts dating from the Iron Age have been found near the village.
Torbrex Village
Suburb
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torbrex is an area in the southwest of Stirling, Scotland, which developed around a small weaving village. It is neighboured by Cambusbarron to the west, St.
St Ninians
Suburb
Photo: AllyD, Public domain.
St. Ninians is a long-standing settlement which is now a district of the city of Stirling in central Scotland. It is located approximately one mile south of the city centre.
Gillies Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.09921° or 56° 5′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.97841° or 3° 58′ 42″ westElevation
558 feet (170 metres)Open location code
9C8R32XC+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2624052847OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Egyptian Arabic—“Gillies Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gillies Hill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جيليس هيل”
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