Duchray Valley (Stirling)

Lat:56.159 Lon: -4.467

The Duchray Valley near Aberfoyle is the site of one of Scotland's largest feats of engineering.

The syphon pipes shown form part of the scheme that allows the supply of fresh water from Loch Katrine to Glasgow. The system can deliver up to 50,000,000 gallons a day. Construction was started in 1855 and the works was opened by Queen Victoria in 1859. The aqueduct project was built under the guidance of James Watt and Thomas Telford, with a second aqueduct opened in 1901.

Features of the area

• Valley
• Forest
• Rural

Stirling Group

Stirling is one of Scotland’s 32 unitary council areas.

It was created in 1996, adopting the boundaries of the former Stirling district Central Region. Itt covers most of the former county of Stirling, excluding Falkirk, and the south-western part of the former county of Perth. The area borders Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Perth and Kinross, Argyll and Bute, and both East and West Dunbartonshire.

The majority of the population of the area is located in its southeast corner, in the city of Stirling and in the surrounding lowland communities.

Elsewhere on the BBC

• BBC Tayside and Central Scotland

Elsewhere on the web

• Wikipedia entry on Aberfoyle
• Stirling Council Archives
• National Galleries of Scotland