Strath Fillan (Scottish Gaelic: Na Sraithibh) is a Scottish glen in west Perthshire named after an 8th C Irish hermit monk later canonised Saint Fillan. It stretches from Bridge of Orchy (NN 300 395 GB Grid) to Crianlarich (NN 383 248 GB Grid) and has long been a major route through the highlands; the A82 road, the West Highland Line, and the long-distance footpath the West Highland Way all follow the valley. Scottish Gaelic (Gà idhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic) was a county in central Scotland, which extended from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. ... See Fillan, Norway for the Norwegian town in Hitra, Sør-Trøndelag Saint Fillan, Phillan, Fáelán (Old Irish) or Faolan (modern Gaelic) is the name of (probably) two Scottish saints, of Irish origin. ... Bridge of Orchy is a landmark hamlet in Argyll, Scotland. ... Crianlarich is a village in Stirling, Scotland. ... The A82 is the major road to the western Scottish Highlands, running from Glasgow to Inverness. ... The West Highland Line (Scottish Gaelic: Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean - Iron Road to the Isles) is one of the most scenic railway lines in Britain, linking the fishing port of Mallaig on the west coast to Glasgow. ... The West Highland Way is a long distance footpath in Scotland. ...
The Strathfillan Community Development Trust was formed in 1997. It provides low cost rental housing for local residents and manages amenity woodland. Development trusts are organisations which operate in the United Kingdom that are: - community based, owned and led - engaged in the economic, environmental and social regeneration of a defined area or community - independent but seek to work in partnership with other private, voluntary and public sector organisations - self-sufficient or aiming... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The present Parish boundaries are different but just as extensive, being just to the south of Bridge of Orchy to the north, through Glen Orchy and then down the south side of Loch Awe beyond Eredine village, a distance of over 40 miles (on one track roads).
The Parish of Strathfillan is a later creation and takes in part of what was Glenorchy and Innishail.
After 1981 the parish was again enlarged by the addition of that part of the Parish of Kilchrenan and Dalavich that lay on the south side of Loch Awe, including Portsonachan and Eredine.
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