Gartmore (
Scottish Gaelic
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''An Gart Mòr'') is a village in the
Stirling council area,
Scotland
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. It is a village with a view of the
Wallace Monument
The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish hero.
...
in
Stirling
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, almost 25 miles away.
In the Land Registration County of
Perthshire
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, it is one mile from the
A81 Glasgow
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to
Aberfoyle road, three miles south of Aberfoyle. The
Rob Roy Way
The Rob Roy Way is a Scotland, Scottish long distance footpath that runs from Drymen in Stirling (council area), Stirling to Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross. The path was created in 2002, and takes its name from Robert Roy MacGregor, Rob Roy MacG ...
walking route passes nearby.
One of the villages more famous residents was
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham at
Gartmore House.
External links
Lochlomond-Trossachs - GartmoreTrossachs - GartmoreBBC - Domesday Reloaded - Local History of GartmoreYouTube narrated video on the Gartmore Obelisk Sundial
Villages in Stirling (council area)
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