Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dunfillan

Dunfillan, a verdant conical hill in Comrie parish, Perthshire, 7 furlongs E by S of the foot of Loch Earn. It rises to a height of 600 feet, and terminates in a rock popularly called St Fillan's Chair, whence the saint whose name it bears is alleged to have bestowed his benediction on the surrounding country.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a verdant conical hill"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Comrie ScoP       Perthshire ScoCnty

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