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Glen Lyon

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Glen Lyon is a glen in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland, the longest enclosed glen in the country, running about 34 miles from Loch Lyon in the west to the village of Fortingall in the east. It forms part of the Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon National Scenic Area, one of Scotland's forty such protected landscapes, and was described by Sir Walter Scott as the longest, loneliest and loveliest glen in Scotland; aside from a few scattered farms and cottages, its only real settlements are at Fortingall and Bridge of Balgie.

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Glen Lyon (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Lìomhann) is a glen in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland.
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