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St Fillans

Am Port Mòr


Meaning

the big port


Location

Perthshire

Perth and Kinross

NN695244


English / Map Form: St Fillans

Gaelic Form: Am Port Mòr


Location: Comrie

Post Town: Crieff

County: Perthshire

Local Authority: Perth and Kinross

English / Map Form: St Fillans

Gaelic Form: Am Port Mòr


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Sources

The area of the present village has only been known as St Fillans since the first feus were granted along the margin of the loch in 1817. It was built on part of the lands of Portmore or Port of Lochearn: Angus Watson PhD

Naomh Faolain: J. MacDiarmaid An Creachadair air a Chreachadh,

“… original title of Mickle Port. This is an inversion of Port More, which is but the natural adaption of Phuirt Mohr, the Gaelic name of the mountain, known as the Girran.” The Evening Telegraph, Oct 1, 1901

“On the lands of Port of Locherne, or simply the lands of Port, St Fillans was afterwards built. At first the village was called Portmore. … In this case, however, the name does not refer to a harbour; it here means a gate-way, with reference to the pass between the mountains, through which access to the loch is gained.”: Annals of St Fillans,

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