Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Allt Chaluim, burn, Killin

Grid reference

NN 413 335 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

241300 733500

Latitude

56.46696482863161

Longitude

-4.576312731392844

County

Perthshire

Nearby places

Coire Chaluim, Killin (1.77 miles)

Beinn Chaluim, Killin (1.86 miles)

St Fillan's Priory, Killin (4.61 miles)

Strath Fillan, former parish, Killin (4.61 miles)

Holy Pool, St Fillan's Pool, Killin (4.87 miles)

Object Classification

Water

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

Now in Killin, formerly in a detached part of Kenmore parish, its head-waters are very close to the boundary between Killin and that detached part of Kenmore.

Relationships with other parishes

Within Kenmore, parish (formerly Inchadney)

Within Kenmore, parish (formerly Inchadney) (formerly)

Within Killin, parish

Relationships with other places

Adjacent Beinn Chaluim, Killin

Adjacent Coire Chaluim, Killin

Names

Allt Chaluim

Allt Chaluim 1864, OS 6 inch first edn.

allt, G, 'burn, stream'

Calum, G

"Calum's burn" (Gaelic)

Saints in this place-name

Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (doubtful) The appearance of the name solely as Calum suggests more likely that this has been named from an early modern or modern, secular individual.

Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (doubtful) The appearance of the name solely as Calum suggests more likely that this has been named from an early modern or modern, secular individual.