The Campsie Fells from Bar Hill above Twechar

The Campsie Fells are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west, from south Stirling to Dumgoyne in East Dunbartonshire. Twechar is a small former Mining village in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Stirling ( Sruighlea in Gaelic) is one of the 32 unitary local government Council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about Dumgoyne is a hill prominent on the edge of the Campsie Fells and is a well known landmark visible from Glasgow. East Dunbartonshire ( Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Breatainn an Ear, ʃir̴əxg̊ ɣunˈb̊ɾʲɛhd̪̊ɪɲ ə ɲɛɾ is one of the 32 Council areas The highest point in the range is Earl's Seat which is 578 m (1897 feet) high. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The range overlooks the villages of Strathblane and Blanefield to the South, Killearn to the West and Fintry to the North. Strathblane ( Scottish Gaelic: Strath Bhlàthain s̪d̪̊ɾahˈvlˠ̪aː Killearn ( Scottish Gaelic: Cill Earnain) is a small village of approximately 1700 people in the Stirling Council area of Fintry is a small village in central Scotland, nestled in the Strath of the Endrick Water in the Campsie Fells some 35km north of Glasgow

Erosion along the line of a geological fault known as the Campsie Fault has left tiers of rock representing some 30 lava flows which date from the Carboniferous period. Erosion is the carrying away or displacement of solids ( Sediment, Soil, rock and other particles usually by the agents of currents such as wind In Geology a fault, or fault line, is a planar rock fracture which shows evidence of relative movement Lava is molten rock expelled by a Volcano during an eruption When first expelled from a volcanic vent it is a Liquid at Temperatures The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian period about 359

The headwaters of the River Kelvin, which flows through the west end of Glasgow, rise in the Campsie Fells, as do those of the rivers Carron and Endrick. River fauna Wildlife along the River Kelvin corridor includes the Grey squirrel, Magpie, Grey heron, Cormorant, Blue tit, Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom The River Carron ( Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Carrann) is a river in central Scotland. The Endrick Water or River Endrick is a River which flows into the eastern end of Loch Lomond.

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• Computer-generated virtual panoramas Earl's Seat Index

Coordinates: 56°01′N 4°18′W / 56.017, -4.3