Dundaff, a range of hills in the W of St Ninians parish, Stirlingshire. Forming the north-eastern section of the Lennox Hills, it is divided on the S from the Kilsyth Hills by Carron Water, on the W from the Fintry and the Gargunnock Hills partly by Endrick Water, partly by a line of watershed; and, extending about 5½ miles from N to S, and 4 miles from W to E, it commences in Dundaff proper (1157 feet), flanking the Carron 7 miles SW by S of Stirling, and terminates in Scout Head (709), near the Forth, 4 miles W by S of Stirling. Between these rise Drummarnock (909), Cairnoch (1354), Hart Hill (1428), and Earls Hill (1443), with several other summits of similar altitudes. The Dundaff range resembles the other sections of the Lennox Hills in geognostic formation, it differs from them in being less verdant or more heathy; it belonged formerly to the Grahams, ancestors of the Duke of Montrose, and gives to the Duke, in the peerage of Scotland, the title of Viscount Dundaff.Ord. Sur., shs. 31, 39, 1867 -69.
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