Uamh Mhòr

Uamh Mhòr (older spelling Uaighmor, also anglicised Uam Var[1]) is a summit located in the Kilmadock parish in Stirling council area, Scotland, situated north of the River Teith between Callander and Doune.

[2] The peak is actually a southern top of Uamh Bheag to the north;[3][4] despite the name suggesting a smaller hill, Uamh Bheag is actually higher at 664 metres (2,178 ft) compared to just over 600 metres (2,000 ft).

[4] The stag in Canto I of Walter Scott's 1810 poem "The Lady of the Lake" flees to "the wild heaths of Uam-Var".

[2] The hero of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel Kidnapped camps by Uam Var near the end of his adventures.

[3][5] Michael Andrews painted "A View from Uamh Mhor" in 1990–91.