View of North Third Reservoir – View from the Commondry loop from Cambusbarron
View of North Third Reservoir – View from the Commondry loop from Cambusbarron
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View of North Third Reservoir – View from the Commondry loop from Cambusbarron
01:57
15.6km
320m
Running
Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 25, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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2.17 km
Gillies Hill Quarry
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Gillies Hill covers a 140 hectares (350 acres) crag and tail which rises from a height of 79 metres (259 ft) at the Bannock Burn Bridge near Sauchie Craig to an elevation of 162 metres (531 ft)[1][2] at a point which overlooks the former quarrying operation to the west and Stirling Castle to the east. The hill lies north of the Bannock Burn, northeast of Sauchie Craig (an area designated SSSI, Site of Special Scientific Interest), east of the Touch Hills and Murrayswood, south of Cambusbarron, and west of Stirling and the M9.
Gillies Hill is the hill from which Robert the Bruce’s camp followers, or Gillies, descended onto the field of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 turning the tide of the battle which granted Scotland nearly 400 years of independence. The majority of Gillies Hill has been classified as a Semi-natural Ancient Woodland by the Woodland Trust using aerial surveys and by a follow-up Phase 1 habitat survey conducted in 2010. To date 21 Scotland & 38 United Kingdom ancient woodland indicator species have been documented on the hill demonstrating that the woodland’s understory and sections of its tree cover have been cloaked in woodland for centuries; the earliest mapped confirmation of trees on the site dates back to the 1580s Pont map
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View of Carron Valley Reservoir Tower
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6.27 km
Views of North Third from West bank
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7.21 km
Little Burn Waterfall
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8.61 km
View of North Third Reservoir
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8.93 km
View Over North Third
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8.94 km
Lewis Hill Trig Point
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14.7 km
View from the Commondry
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15.6 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
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12.2 km
1.46 km
916 m
897 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
8.87 km
4.14 km
1.20 km
1.15 km
134 m
104 m
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