A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Killin. You may be able to find further references to Killin in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Killin | a village and a parish | Groome |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Killin.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Achline or Auchlyne | an estate, with a mansion | Groome |
| Almond | a river | Groome |
| Ardeonaig | a hamlet | Groome |
| Ardeonaig | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Benmore | a mountain | Groome |
| Ben More | mountain | Bartholomew |
| Clifton | village | Bartholomew |
| Clifton | a village | Groome |
| Crianlarich | a hamlet | Groome |
| Dalry, Dalrigh, or Dalree | a place | Groome |
| Dochart | river | Bartholomew |
| Dochart | a loch, a river, and a glen | Groome |
| Fillan | a stream | Groome |
| Finlarig | a picturesque ruined castle | Groome |
| Glendochart | school | Bartholomew |
| Inverardran | seat | Bartholomew |
| Lochdochart Lodge | seat | Bartholomew |
| Lochdochart Lodge | a modern mansion | Groome |
| Luib | railway station | Bartholomew |
| Stob Garbh | mountain | Bartholomew |
| Strathfillan | school | Bartholomew |
| Strath Fillan | valley | Bartholomew |
| Tyndrum | village with railway station and hotel | Bartholomew |
| Tyndrum | a small post-office village | Groome |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Killin within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Pennant | July 24-31: Fife and Perthshire | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | August 30-September 5: The Great Glen and Argyll | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Breadalbane | 0 | 2 |
| Lochearnhead | 0 | 2 |
| Dochart | 0 | 2 |
| Ardeonaig | 0 | 2 |
| Loch Earn | 0 | 1 |
| Balquhidder | 0 | 2 |
| Loch Tay | 0 | 1 |
| St Fillans | 0 | 3 |
| Glen Lyon | 0 | 2 |
| Crianlarich | 0 | 2 |
| Acharn | 0 | 2 |
| Fortingall | 0 | 2 |
| Comrie | 0 | 3 |
| Kenmore | 0 | 2 |
| Tyndrum | 0 | 2 |
| Rannoch | 0 | 2 |
| Beinn Dorain | 0 | 2 |
| Taymouth | 0 | 2 |
| Killichonan | 0 | 2 |
| Callander | 1 | 3 |