Where is Menstrie Glen?

Menstrie Glen is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.1580°, -3.8570°.

Natural landmarks · Scottish Highlands

Menstrie Glen

Menstrie Glen in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Menstrie Glen is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Menstrie Glen is the glen which separates Dumyat from Myreton Hill and the main body of the Ochil Hills in Scotland. Once farmed but no longer inhabited, it is now used for sheep pasture, a public water supply and recreation in the form of fishing and walking. A plan is under consideration (autumn 2014) for commercial forestry on the eastern and northern flanks of the glen.

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Background

History

The history of settlement and land-use from 1450 to the mid-20th century has been published. In medieval times, much of Menstrie Glen was Crown land and used mainly to pasture sheep. The Campbells of Argyll had come into possession of the land east of the Menstrie Burn by the early 14th century and, up to at least 1530, the lands of Jerah were controlled by the Cistercians of Culross. In the 18th century ownership of the glen passed to local lairds. Farmsteads, of which there were then more than a dozen, were operated by the lairds' tenants. In the mid-18th Century James Wright, laird of Loss, owned about half of the glen until his death in 1770. He left voluminous notes and paperwork…

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