Gowan Hill
Gowan Hill is a peak in Stirling, Scotland. Gowan Hill is situated nearby to the neighborhood Top of the Town, as well as near the suburb Raploch.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stirling Castle and Stirling railway station.
Stirling Castle
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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.
Wallace Monument
Work of art
Photo: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Wallace Monument is a 67 m tower on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish hero.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stirling and Bridge of Allan.
Stirling
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Stirling is a city in the central lowlands of Scotland, and historically the county town of Stirlingshire. For centuries this was the main route between the Highlands and the Lowlands, guarded by the castle on its battleship of a crag, and with the River Forth sweeping round as a moat.
Bridge of Allan
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Bridge of Allan is a small Victorian Spa town in Stirlingshire in central Scotland, with a population of 5250 in 2021. Nestled beneath the iconic Wallace Monument, it's part of the city of Stirling.
Bannockburn
Town
Photo: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bannockburn is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland. It is part of the City of Stirling. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing into the River Forth.
Gowan Hill
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.126° or 56° 7′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.9471° or 3° 56′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C8R43G3+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 11402959326OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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