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GLENALMOND

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 119 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GLENALMOND  , a glen of

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Perthshire, Scotland, situated to the S.E. of Loch
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Tay . It comprises the upper two-thirds of the course of the Almond, or a distance of 20 M . For the greater
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part it follows a direction east by south, but at Newton
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Bridge it inclines sharply to the south-east for 3 m., and narrows to such a degree that this portion is known as the Small (or Sma') Glen . At the end of this pass the glen expands and runs eastwards as far as the well-known public school of Trinity College, where it may be considered to terminate . The most interesting spot in the glen is that traditionally known as the
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grave of
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Ossian . The
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district east of Buchanty, near which are the remains of a
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Roman camp, is said to be the Drumtochty of Ian Maclaren's stories . The mountainous region at the head of the glen is dominated by Ben y Hone or Ben Chonzie (3048 ft. high) .

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