Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mallo, island, Aberfoyle
Grid reference
NN 457 014 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
245700 701400
Latitude
56.180271943627
Longitude
-4.486152502538804
Altitude (metres)
45
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Mallo's Chapel, ~eccles. Aberfoyle (0 miles)
Dail Malio, settlement, Aberfoyle (0.71 miles)
Fielbarachan, Aberfoyle (3.79 miles)
Aberfoyle, parish (3.83 miles)
Bad Malio, Aberfoyle (4 miles)
Object Classification
Island
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for Eilean Gorm, on Loch Ard. The source of 1724 says that the island containing the Duke's Castle is smaller than St Mallo, and this is the only island in the loch larger than that of the castle.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Aberfoyle, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Dail Malio, settlement, Aberfoyle
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mallo
Head name
St Mallo
Place
St Mallo, island, Aberfoyle
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Mallo 1724, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formSt Mallo Head nameSt Mallo PlaceSt Mallo, island, Aberfoyle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 343 Date of citation1724 x 1724 Feature named in sourceisland |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Dail Malio, Dail Malio, settlement, Aberfoyle
Same specific as St Mallo's Chapel, St Mallo's Chapel, ~eccles. Aberfoyle
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