Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bad Malio, Aberfoyle
Grid reference
NN 521 005 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
252100 700500
Latitude
56.174221559096345
Longitude
-4.382634665170702
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Aberfoyle, parish (0.2 miles)
Fielbarachan, Aberfoyle (0.36 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Drymen (2.93 miles)
Loch Inchmahome, Port of Meneith (3.05 miles)
Dalmary, settlement Drymen (3.15 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name refers now to a knoll in an area of marshy ground on the south bank of a loop of the headwaters of the River Forth (here also called The Laggan) between the site of the old kirk and the river. Bad Malio is in the same parish (Aberfoyle) as Dail Malio, though they are not near each other. They are, however, connected by the burn that flows out of Loch Ard (where Dail Malio is situated), into the Laggan, and past Bad Malio. According to OS Name Book in the mid-nineteenth century, 'It is presumed to be from St Molio or St Maoliosa, a disciple of St Columba and a famous Celtic saint.' It further describes it: 'A small knoll in the flat ground between the church and the River Forth, noticeable in the locality as the means of estimating the extent of floods.'
Relationships with other parishes
Within Aberfoyle, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bad Malio
Head name
Bad Malio
Place
Bad Malio, Aberfoyle
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Bad Malio 1859, OS Object Name Books
Historic formBad Malio Head nameBad Malio PlaceBad Malio, Aberfoyle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS Object Name Books, 1/25/2/16 Perthshire Date of citation1859 x 1862 Notes on the context of this place-nameSurveyors' notes for the OS 6 inch first edn. |
Source code
OS Object Name Books
Author
Ordnance Survey
Source title
Ordnance Survey Object Name Books
Year
18XX-XX
Notes
Surveyors' notes for the OS 6 inch first edn.
Bad Mhailo 1859, OS Object Name Books
Historic formBad Mhailo Head nameBad Malio PlaceBad Malio, Aberfoyle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS Object Name Books, 1/25/2/16 Perthshire Date of citation1859 x 1862 Notes on the context of this place-nameSurveyors' notes for the OS 6 inch first edn. |
Source code
OS Object Name Books
Author
Ordnance Survey
Source title
Ordnance Survey Object Name Books
Year
18XX-XX
Notes
Surveyors' notes for the OS 6 inch first edn.
Bad Malio 1866, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formBad Malio Head nameBad Malio PlaceBad Malio, Aberfoyle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1866 x 1866 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.