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View towards Dumgoyne and Dumfoyn.

View from the A809.

The hill is located on Quinloch Muir, and is called Quinlochmore. For a discussion of earlier forms of the name Quinloch, see NS4982 : Summit of Little Caldon Hill. The remains of a fort can be seen on the summit of the hill: NS5181 : Summit of Quinlochmore. In addition, a linear... (more)

Rocky outcrop by Stockiemuir Road on Quinloch Muir.

Rockface in a small disused quarry beside the A809. The hill is formed of basalt and agglomerate, and is all that remains of one of numerous small vents in the area feeding the lava flows of the Clyde Plateau Lavas.

Site of ancient fort, looking NW towards Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond

A prehistoric vitrified fort and Scheduled Monument Link. Seen from above the Queen's View car park.

View north-east between Catythirsty and Quinlochmore towards the Trossachs in distance.

A new forestry plantation on Quinloch Muir. The low gorse-covered hill on the right is Catythirsty - a volcanic plug. Behind is the better known Dumgoyne (another plug), which rises above Glengoyne Distillery, the white-painted buildings in... (more)

The hill near the centre of the photograph, with the pitted top, is Catythirsty, a volcanic plug; it is the remains of the vent of one of the volcanoes whose outflows produced the Campsie Hills. There are several more volcanic plugs in the... (more)

The builder's waste noted in 2016 [Link] is still obvious.

A craggy hill is marked as quarried on the map. The whinstone is living up to its reputation.