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Ben Ledi is a
mountain in
Stirlingshire,
Scotland. It is 879
m (2884
ft) high, and is classified as a
Corbett. By road it lies about eight
kilometres (5 miles) north-west of
Callander, and is situated in the
Trossachs hills, which are often regarded as having some of the most romantic scenery in the
Highlands.
Ben Ledi is particularly well known through
Walter Scott's poem
Lady of the Lake. Its name is supposed to point to the time when
Beltane rites were observed on the summit. A
cairn was built on the top in
1887 to commemorate
Queen Victoria's
Golden Jubilee. A small
lochan, Lochan nan Corp, lies at 655 m
above sea level about 1.5 km to the north of the summit. The name means "the little loch of the dead", and is named for an accident to a
funeral party at which 200 lives were lost.
The eastern slopes of Ben Ledi are owned by the
Forestry Commission, and form part of the
Queen Elizabeth II Forest Park. A constructed path leads from a car park on the
A84 road just south of
Loch Lubnaig to the summit, a distance of just over 3 km. An alternative route following Stank Glen leaves the shores of Loch Lubnaig about 1.5 km north of the start of the main route, reaching the summit ridge near Lochan nan Corp. The two routes may be combined to give a circular walk of about 9 km.
The Ben Ledi ridge continues north, dropping down to about 600 m before climbing again to the summit of
Ben Vane, another Corbett located about 5 km north by northwest of Ben Ledi.
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