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Glen Dochart

valley in Stirling, Scotland, UK

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ5567691 ↗
Source-derived summary

Glen Dochart (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Dochard) in Perthshire, Scottish Highlands is a glen which runs from Crianlarich eastwards to Killin, following the course of the River Dochart as it flows through Loch Dochart and Loch Iubhair. It is met by Glen Ogle (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Ogail) at Lix Toll. Lochan Saorach lies within the glen and was once famous for its Floating island.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Glen Dochart” as valley in Stirling, Scotland, UK. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 63-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Glen, Dochart and valley can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as valley in Stirling, Scotland, UK. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 28, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5567691. VIAF identifies the subject as 179156010076249582458. Authority coordinates are 56.417, -4.433. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Glen Dochart” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.