Stronend 511m Fintry, Stirlingshire, Section 26 OS 1:50 000 Sheet 57 : NN629895

17th September 2001

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Stronend from above Fintry.

Route from Fintry passes the Culcreuch Castle Hotel.
Above the castle, a view to Earls Seat over Fintry.
The basalts weather into rich soils, good grazing on the drained slopes, but a sour bog on the plateau. We met the shepherd on the way down, he complained about the weather. What he made of the winter of 2002, I dont know.
The summit
Across the plateau to Meikle Bin.
	Map: Stronend
	Aptly named, as the Gargunnock escarpment forms agreat prow above Flanders Moss. From up there you get a spacious view over the Trossachs and Loch Lomond. On two sides long rows of crags fall away in the classic trap formation, A walk along a dry terrace between the tiers is rewarding. Its like the Yorkshire dales, dry fertile rabbity slopes and a boggy tussock moor on the top. The crags can be breached with care in several places, but an easy ascent can be made from Culcreuch Castle in Fintry . The fertility shows, this is as green a hill as you will ever see.

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