- Abbey Craig
Infobox Mountain
Name = Abbey Craig
Photo = Wfm wallace monument.jpg
Caption = Wallace Monument on the summit of Abbey Craig
Elevation = 111 m (364 ft)
Location =Ochil Hills ,Scotland
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Topographic
OS "Landranger" 57
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Grid_ref_UK = NS809956
Listing =The Abbey Craig is the hill upon which the
Wallace Monument stands, at Causewayhead, just to the north ofStirling ,Scotland .The Abbey Craig is part of a complex
quartz-dolerite intrusion orsill withincarboniferous strata, at the western edge of the Central Coal Field, known as theStirling Sill . The quartz-dolerite, being much harder than the surrounding coal measures, has been exposed due to erosion, including byglaciation . The characteristiccrag and tail shape of the crag reflects this glacial shaping."Craig", or "crag", describes a post-glacial
Crag and tail landscape feature. Theabbey isCambuskenneth Abbey , on the north bank of theRiver Forth , about 1 km to the south.
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