St Fillans
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St Fillans (Template:Langx)[1] is a village in Perthshire in the central highlands of Scotland, in the council area of Perth and Kinross. The village lies at the eastern end of Loch Earn, 5 miles (8 km) west of Comrie on the A85 road, at the point where the River Earn leaves the loch.[2] St Fillans was a small clachan in the 18th century, known as Port of Lochearn (Template:Langx), or Meikleport, which is a literal translation from the Gaelic name Am Port Mòr into Scots. In 1817 it was renamed St Fillans by Lord Gwydyr, the husband of Clementina Drummond, heiress to the Drummond Estate.[3]
Church
The pre-Reformation church, St Fillan's Chapel, whose kirkyard is the traditional burial place of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich, lies to the south of the River Earn, between St Fillans and the Iron Age Pictish hill fort of Dundurn.[3] It is believed that the Irish missionary Saint Fillan lived on this hill.[3] Not far from the foot of the hill is the Allt Ghoinean burn which is claimed to be the Gonan or Monan of Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake:[3]
- The stag at eve had drunk his fill, where danced the moon on Monan's rill.
Electric power station
There is a large hydro-electric power station in St Fillans, fed from a dam at Loch Lednock high above the village.[4] The power station, which forms part of the Breadalbane Hydro-Electric Scheme, is not visible within St Fillans as it is underground and was hewn from solid rock.
Golf course
The golf course at St Fillans was created in 1903 by Willie Auchterlonie.
River Earn
The section of the River Earn from St Fillans down to Comrie, along with much of the surrounding countryside, is designated as a national scenic area (NSA).[5] It is one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which are defined to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure its protection by restricting certain forms of development.[6] The River Earn (Comrie to St Fillans) NSA covers 12 square miles (3,108 ha) in total.[7]
Rock of fairies
The village became the scene of controversy in November 2005[8] when a housing development was halted to avoid killing the fairies who allegedly lived under a rock on the proposed site. After some negotiation, the new housing estate was redesigned so that the rock in question was preserved, in a small park in the centre of the estate.[9]
Transport
Bus
Stagecoach
Stagecoach runs one route in the village. Services run towards Crieff and Perth.[10]
Citylink
Citylink operate route 913 through the village. The route runs once a day in each direction and links Edinburgh (Twice a day) with Oban/Fort William (Once a day to each destination).[11]
Road
On the A85 just to the east of St Fillans lies the St Fillans Dragon and the St Fillans Toad.[12]
References
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- ^ St Fillans - Am Port Mòr Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."St Fillans". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."St. Fillans Power Station". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Map: River Earn (Comrie to St Fillans) National Scenic Area" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. December 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Scenic Areas". Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Scenic Areas - Maps". SNH. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pavia, Will; Windle, Chris (21 November 2005). "Fairies stop developers' bulldozers in their tracks". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 22 December 2005. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.James Moncur (22 February 2010). "Builder forced to design estate around rock.. because locals say fairies live under it". Daily Record.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."[Service 15/15A Timetable]" (PDF). Stagecoach Bus. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Archibald Gibson Desert warfare veteran who had an eccentric career". The Herald. 18 April 2005. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012.
External links
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- Parish of Comrie in the Second Statistical Account of 1845
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