Ochil Hills

The Ochil Hills rise above the Forth valley in central Scotland, their rounded summits cut by steep glens. At their western end lies the high plateau of Sheriffmuir, where the largest battle in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1715 was fought. The Earl of Mar's Jacobite army met government forces under the Duke of Argyll there; the confused fighting produced no clear victory, but Mar's advance was halted.