Little Dunkeld, Perthshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Little Dunkeld. You may be able to find further references to Little Dunkeld in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Dunkeld, Little parish Bartholomew
Dunkeld, Little a Strathtay parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Little Dunkeld.

Place Type of entry Source
Balnagard a village Groome
Balnaguard village Bartholomew
Birnam village Bartholomew
Craigvinean wild wooded hill Bartholomew
Craig Vinean a long, wild, wooded ridge of hill Groome
Dalguise a village, with a Society's school Groome
Gillyburn a hamlet Groome
Glenalbert a farmhouse Groome
Inver a village Groome
Inver village Bartholomew
Kincraigie a village Groome
Kincraigie village Bartholomew
Kinnaird a mansion Groome
Kinnaird House property Bartholomew
Murthly railway station Bartholomew
Murthly and Airntully school Bartholomew
Murtly Castle a seat Groome
Ossian's Hall a summer-house Groome
Rambling Bridge bridge Bartholomew
Rumbling-Bridge a place Groome
St Mary's Tower the Scottish seat Groome
Trochry village Bartholomew

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Dunkeld 11 4
Birnam 1 2
Inver 1 2
Kincairney 0 2
Dalguise 0 2
Dowally 0 2
Caputh 0 2
Bankfoot 0 3
Stormont 1 1
Forneth 0 2
Clunie 3 2
Airntully 0 3
Lethendy 0 1
Logierait 0 2
Stanley 0 2
Kinloch 0 3
Kinclaven 0 2
Moneydie 0 2
Meikleour 0 2
Cargill 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Little Dunkeld. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
DUNKELD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
DUNKELD LITTLE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).
LITTLE DUNKELD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.