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Kilpatrick Hills

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The Kilpatrick Hills are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching from Dumbarton in the west to Strathblane in the east. [1]

33 relations: Agglomerate, Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, Bearsden, Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Breast-shaped hill, Bronze Age, Campsie Fells, Chambered cairn, Cist, Clydebank, Columba, Cup and ring mark, Dumbarton, Duncolm, East Dunbartonshire, Lava, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Maiden Paps, Marilyn (geography), Milngavie, Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mountains and hills of Scotland, Old Kilpatrick, Plucking (glaciation), Reservoir, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Gaelic, Stirling (council area), Strathblane, Topographic prominence, Tuff, West Dunbartonshire.

Agglomerate

Agglomerate (from the Latin agglomerare meaning "to form into a ball") is a coarse accumulation of large blocks of volcanic material that contains at least 75% bombs.

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Balloch, West Dunbartonshire

Balloch (Scots pronunciation:; Gaelic: Am Bealach) is a small town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, at the foot of Loch Lomond.

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Bearsden

Bearsden is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow.

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Bowling, West Dunbartonshire

Bowling (Bowlin, Bolan) is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with a population of 740 (2015).

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Breast-shaped hill

A breast-shaped hill is a mountain in the shape of a woman's breast.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Campsie Fells

The Campsie Fells (also known as the Campsies) are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne, in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south.

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Chambered cairn

A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable (usually stone) chamber around and over which a cairn of stones was constructed.

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Cist

A cist (or; also kist; from κίστη or Germanic Kiste) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead.

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Clydebank

Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Columba

Saint Columba (Colm Cille, 'church dove'; Columbkille; 7 December 521 – 9 June 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.

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Cup and ring mark

Cup and ring marks or cup marks are a form of prehistoric art found mainly in Atlantic Europe – Ireland, Wales, Northern England, France (Brittany), Portugal, Finland, Scotland and Spain (Galicia) – and in Mediterranean Europe – Italy (North-West, Sardinia), Greece (Thessalia) as well as in Scandinavia (Denmark and Sweden) and Switzerland (Caschenna site - Graubunden).

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Dumbarton

Dumbarton is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary.

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Duncolm

Duncolm is a hill in Scotland.

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East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire (Aest Dunbartanshire; Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Lava

Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from.

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Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (Pàirc Nàiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Tròisichean) is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond, and includes several ranges of hills and the Trossachs.

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Maiden Paps

Maiden Paps, Maidens Paps or Maiden's Pap may refer to.

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Marilyn (geography)

A Marilyn is a mountain or hill in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland or Isle of Man with a prominence of at least 150 metres (492 ft), regardless of absolute height or other merit.

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Milngavie

Milngavie (Mulguye, Muileann-Gaidh) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Milton, West Dunbartonshire

Milton (historically Milton of Colquhoun) is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Mountains and hills of Scotland

Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom.

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Old Kilpatrick

Old Kilpatrick (Auld Kilpaitrick, Cille Phàdraig meaning "Patrick's church"), is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Plucking (glaciation)

Plucking, also referred to as quarrying, is a glacial phenomenon that is responsible for the erosion and transportation of individual pieces of bedrock, especially large "joint blocks".

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Reservoir

A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scots language

Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Stirling (council area)

The Stirling council area (Stirlin, Sruighlea) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about (estimate).

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Strathblane

Strathblane (Strath Bhlàthain) is a village and parish in the registration county of Stirlingshire, situated in the southwestern part of the Stirling council area, in central Scotland.

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Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence characterizes the height of a mountain or hill's summit by the vertical distance between it and the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

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Tuff

Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption.

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West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire (Wast Dunbartanshire; Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilpatrick_Hills

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