Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Morvern, parish
Grid reference
NM 670 451 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
167000 745100
Latitude
56.5401160320403
Longitude
-5.7903640104879015
Nearby places
Cill Choluimchille, eccles. Morvern (0 miles)
Killundine, settlement, Killintag, Morvern (5.82 miles)
Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille, Torosay (Mull) (6.19 miles)
Killundine, ~eccles. Killintag, Morvern (6.34 miles)
Cille an Ailein, eccles., KKE (Mull) (7.74 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Killintag, former parish, Morvern
Relationships with other places
Contains Cill Choluimchille, eccles. Morvern
Contains Cillmairi, burial ground Morvern
Contains Cnoc Mhicheil, Morvern
Contains Killintag, eccles, Killintag, Morvern
Contains Killundine, ~eccles. Killintag, Morvern
Contains Killundine, settlement, Killintag, Morvern
Contains Port Phadruig, Morvern
Contains St Columba's Chapel, Morvern
Parish details
Morvern now including Killintag KGX
Parish TLA
MRV
County
Argyllshire
Medieval diocese
Argyle
Parish notes
'Known also as the church of St Columba in Kenevaden [Cenél Bhaetáin] or Morvern, it always appears to have remained a free parsonage. It lay originally within the patronage of the lords of the Isles, on whose forfeiture it passed to the crown ...' (Cowan 1967, 98)
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Cill Choluimchille
Head name
Cill Choluimchille
Place
Morvern, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Morvern
Morvern 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formMorvern Head nameMorvern PlaceMorvern, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.