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Schiehallion

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Schiehallion (shĭhăl`yən), mountain, 3,547 ft (1,081 m) high, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland, near Loch Rannoch. In 1774, Nevil Maskelyne Maskelyne, Nevil , 1732–1811, English astronomer. Maskelyne received his education at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Appointed astronomer royal at the Royal Observatory in 1765, he held this post for 46 years.
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His aching bones are still recovering from the crash on the fearsome Schiehallion hill near Aberfeldy, which he was descending at 30mph when he went into a skid on the wet road.
The 81-mile race in Perthshire, which attracted 3,500 entrants, had to be halted for more than an hour while the road at Innerhadden and Schiehallion was made safe.
He is on board Schiehallion What they say Seamus Mullins, trainer of Hill Forts Timmy "He's better in the spring.
 
 
 
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