BEN

See also:

• LOMOND, LOCH

LOMOND  , a mountain in the north-west of Stirlingshire, Scotland . It is situated near the eastern bank of Loch Lomond, about 9 m. from the head and about 15 from the foot . It is 3192 ft. high, and the prevailing rocks are granite, mica schist, diorite, porphyry and quartzite, the last, where it crops out on the surface, gleaming in the distance like snow . Duchray Water, a head-stream of the Forth, rises in the north-east shoulder . The hill, which is covered with grass to the top, is a favourite climb, being ascended from Rowardennan (the easiest) or Inversnaid on the lake, or Aberfoyle to m. inland due east . The view from the summit extends northward as far as the Grampians, with occasional glimpses of Ben Nevis; westward to Jura in the Atlantic; south-westward to Arran in the Firth of Clyde; southward to Tinto Hill, the Lowthers and Cairnsmore; and eastward to Edinburgh Castle and Arthur's Seat .