- Kilmahog
Kilmahog (Gaelic: "Cille MoChùig" = Cell of St. Chug [ [http://www.incallander.co.uk/trossachshistory.htm Callander's history at www.incallander.co.uk] ] ) is a hamlet situated half a mile to the west of
Callander ,Scotland , at the junction of theTrossachs andLochearnhead roads.Kilmahog used to be the site of St. Chug's chapel, after which it is named. All that remains of the chapel now is a small burial ground with stones dating back to the late 1600's [ [http://www.incallander.co.uk/trossachsgraveyard.htm Trossachs Graveyards at www.incallander.co.uk] ]
The village today consists of a few houses and two Woollen Mill retail facilities (the Trossachs Woollen Mill and the Kilmahog Woollen Mill [ [http://www.ewm.co.uk/store_locators/regions/AllWestern%20Scotland.htm Edinburgh Woollen Mills in Kilmahog] ] ), with farm land to the north and forestry to the south.There is a local pub, near the site of the old chapel, called The Lade Inn, and the
Scottish Real Ale shop, aiming to stock all bottled Scottish ales. [ [http://www.theladeinn.com/tourist_info/microbrewery.php The Scottish Real Ale Shop] ]The "Lade" is a man-made diversion from the river that was used to power the
watermills .The former
Callander and Oban Railway line passed through Kilmahog; this is now part of theNational Cycle Network (route 7) [ [http://www.sustrans.com/default.asp?sID=1089651611859 National Cycle Network] ] and theRob Roy Way [ [http://www.robroyway.com/ Rob Roy Way] ] . The village sits at the Northern point of a loop known as theTrossachs Bird of Prey Trail [ [http://www.birdofpreytrail.com/ Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail] ]Samson's Putting Stone sits precariously on Bochastle hill. Local tradition has it that this stone came to be here as a result of a putting competition between a family of giants. The winner of the competition was Samson who lived on
Ben Ledi . A modern interpretation is that the stone was carried by glaciers from the Glen Dochart region and left here when the ice retreated. [ [http://www.explore-callander.com/historic-attractions.htm explorescotland.net] ]Ancient Remains
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Roman ramparts can clearly be seen in the fields to the East of the former railway.External links
* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst532.html Gazetteer Link]
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