Tillicoultry Glen
Core Path 61 through Tillicoultry Glen. Danger - Keep Out due to a high risk of major rock fall and an unsafe bridge. Access to the Ochil Hills is still possible via a diversion using the path on the east side of Tillicoultry Glen. Please see the full notice for more details.
For your own safety, please follow the advice given on the warning signs at the glen.
Tillicoultry Glen is unmistakable in its location above Tillicoultry village as the path borders a large quarry that supplied surfacing for paths and roads.
The fast flowing water of Tillicoultry burn once powered eight textile mills using a dam and lade (water channel) system. The remains of burn side sluices and the old wooden dam can still be seen.
At the top of Tillicoultry Glen to the West of the burn there once stood a Pictish Fort. It is said that the stones of the Fortress were taken 9 miles to be added to Stirling Castle.
In spring listen out for woodpeckers as they try to attract a mate. The great spotted woodpecker makes a drumming sound on a dead tree trunk and the green woodpecker's laughing call gives it its country name "yaffle". The dipper looks for tiny creatures, such as stone-fly larvae, on the bottom of the burn.
Page & Site Tools
Contact information
For further information about this page please contact:
Countryside Rangers
Kilncraigs, Greenside Street, Alloa, FK10 1EB
Tel: 01259 452478 / 450000 Fax: 01259 727453
Email: rangers@clacks.gov.uk
Or use the on-line contact form
