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| | Dumyat, Rennie McOwan and Stirling Literary Society (Jacquetta) |
 | | Yesterday the air was gin-clear, visibility superb, so I abandoned the office email mountain in favour of taking Bramble up a local hill, Dumyat, which has a Pictish fort, dog-friendly access and a view of the entire carse (the flood plain of the Forth). |
 | | The views yesterday were captivating: to the north and west the snow-capped mountains, to the south Stirling Castle, the Wallace Monument and the sites of seven battlefields in the foreground, with the Pentlands and Moorfoots behind. |
 | | Rennie grew up in Dumyat's shadow, it was his playground, and he immortalised it in his wonderful novel for children Light on Dumyat. |
| www.jacquetta.net /2007/03/dumyat_rennie_mcowan_and_stirl_1.html (435 words) |
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