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KILLIN , a See also:village and See also:parish of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, at the See also:south-western extremity of See also:Loch See also:Tay, 4 M. N.E. of Killin Junction on a See also:branch See also:line of the See also:Callander & See also:Oban railway. Pop. of parish (1901), 1423. It is situated near the confluence of the See also:rivers and glens of the Dochart and Lochay, and is a popular tourist centre, having communication by steamer with See also:Kenmore at the other end of the See also:lake, and thence by See also:coach to Aberfeldy, the See also:terminus of a branch of the Highland railway. It has manufactures of tweeds. In a See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field near the village a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone marks the site of what is known as Fingal's See also:Grove. An See also:island in the Dochart (which is crossed at Killin by a See also:bridge of five See also:arches) is the See also:ancient See also:burial-See also:place of the See also:clan Macnab. Finlarig See also:Castle, a picturesque See also:mass of See also:ivy-clad ruins, was a stronghold of the Campbells of Glenorchy, and several earls of See also:Breadalbane were buried in ground adjoining it, where the See also:modern See also:mausoleum of the See also:family stands. Three See also:miles up the Lochay, which rises in the hills beyond the See also:forest of Mamlorn and has a course of 15 m., the See also:river forms a graceful cascade. The Dochart, issuing from Loch Dochart, flows for 13 in. in a See also:north-easterly direction and falls into Loch Tay. The ruined castle on an islet in the loch once belonged to the Campbells of Lochawe.
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