Killin
Killin is a village in Perthshire in the central Highlands of Scotland. Situated at the western head of Loch Tay, it is administered by the Stirling Council area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 760 residents
- Description: village in Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cill Fhinn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inchbuie and St Fillan’s Episcopal Church, Main Street, Killin.
Inchbuie
Island
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Inchbuie is an island of the River Dochart, near Killin. A bridge links it with both riverbanks, just below the Falls of Dochart. The MacNab Clan were once dominant here, and have long been associated with Killin.
Falls of Dochart
Waterfall
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The Falls of Dochart are a cascade of waterfalls situated on the River Dochart at Killin in Perthshire, Scotland, near the western end of Loch Tay. The Bridge of Dochart, first constructed in 1760, crosses the river at Killin offering a view of the falls as they cascade over the rocks and around the island of Inchbuie, which is the ancient burial place of the MacNab clan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killin Stone Circle and Ardchyle.
Killin Stone Circle
Locality
Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Killin Stone Circle is a prehistoric stone circle situated at the west end of Loch Tay near the village of Killin, Stirling, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument.
Ardchyle
Hamlet
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Ardchyle is a small hamlet in Stirling, Scotland. The Glendhu viaduct, just south of Ardchyle, was built for the now disused section of the Callander and Oban Railway which closed in 1965 after a landslide. Ardchyle is situated 3½ miles southwest of Killin.
Auchlyne
Hamlet
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Auchlyne is a small hamlet in Stirling, Scotland. It is located approximately five miles west of Killin on Loch Tay, off the main A85 road that runs from Perth to Oban. Auchlyne is situated 4½ miles southwest of Killin.
Killin
- Category: locality
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.4667° or 56° 28′ 0″ northLongitude
-4.31961° or 4° 19′ 11″ westPopulation
760Elevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
9C8QFM8J+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 8079475583OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645632Wikidata ID
Q1009402
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Killin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Killin”
- Catalan: “Killin”
- Cebuano: “Killin”
- Chinese: “基林”
- Chinese: “基林地区”
- Dutch: “Killin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيلين”
- French: “Killin”
- German: “Killin”
- Irish: “Cill Fhinn”
- Italian: “Killin”
- Japanese: “キリン (スコットランド)”
- Persian: “کیلین، اسکاتلند”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Fhinn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Killin”
- Spanish: “Killin”
- Swedish: “Killin”
- Welsh: “Cill Fhinn”
- Welsh: “Killin”
- “Cill Fhinn”
- “Killin”
- “Killin - Cill Fhinn”
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