Duke's Pass or Dukes Pass is a pass on the
A821 road
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See also
* B roads in Zone 8 of the Great Britain numbe ...
between
Aberfoyle Aberfoyle may refer to:
*Aberfoyle, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
* Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland
* Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada
* Aberfoyle, Texas, United States
*Aberfoyle, Warwick
Aberfoyle is a heritage-listed detached house at 35 Woo ...
and
Brig o' Turk
Brig o' Turk ( gd, Àird Cheannchnocain) is a small rural village historically in Perthshire and today within the council area of Stirling, Scotland. It is situated in the Trossachs, a range of hills on the A821 road.
Features
Brig o' Turk ...
in the
glen
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower ...
of the
Trossachs
The Trossachs (; gd, Na Tròiseachan) generally refers to an area of wooded glens, braes, and lochs lying to the east of Ben Lomond in the Stirling council area of Scotland. The name is taken from that of a small woodland glen that lies at the ...
in the
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...
. It climbs to a height of
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
.
Ordnance Survey
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The name only appears on modern
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maps, but is in common use locally. The road was built by the
Duke of Montrose
Duke of Montrose (named for Montrose, Angus) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created anew in 1707, for James Graham, 4th Marquess of Montrose, great-grandson of famed James Graham, 1st Marquess ...
in 1885, hence the name.
[Robb, Graham. ''Cols and Passes of the British Isles'']
References
Mountain passes of Scotland
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