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.Photo: Tine.wv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 760 residents
- Description: village in Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cill Fhinn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Fillan’s Episcopal Church, Main Street, Killin and Killin Parish Church.
Inchbuie
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 4 miles southwest of Killin.
Auchlyne
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.46738° or 56° 28′ 3″ northLongitude
-4.31817° or 4° 19′ 5″ westPopulation
760Elevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
9C8QFM8J+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 8079475583OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645632Wikidata ID
Q1009402
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Satellite Map
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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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