Carr’s Hill

Carr’s Hill is a forest in Falkirk, Scotland. Carr’s Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Old Plean, as well as near the village Torwood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plean Castle and Torwood Castle.

Plean Castle

Castle

Photo: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plean Tower, also known as Cock-a-bendy Castle, Mengie Castle, Menzies Castle and Plane Castle, is located around 1 mile from Plean, in Stirling, central Scotland.

Torwood Castle

Ruins

Photo: Nigel J C Turnbull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torwood Castle is a ruined 16th-century L-plan castle near the village of Torwood, in the Falkirk Council area of central Scotland. It was designated as a Category A listed building in 1979.

Plean House

Ruins

Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plean House is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denny and Larbert.

Denny is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. Historically in Stirlingshire, it is situated 7 miles west of Falkirk, and 6 miles northeast of Cumbernauld, adjacent to both the M80 and M876 motorways.

Larbert

Town

Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Larbert is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles from the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Falkirk. Stenhousemuir lies directly east of Larbert, with both settlements being contiguous and sharing certain public amenities with one another.

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.

Carr’s Hill

Type: Forest
Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.0477° or 56° 2′ 52″ north

Longitude

-3.8925° or 3° 53′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C8R24X4+3X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1453888550

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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