Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ciaran's Chapel, Halkirk
Grid reference
NC 983 405 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
298300 940500
Latitude
58.341528860230575
Longitude
-3.7374033292728672
County
Sutherland
Nearby places
Dail Chiarain, Halkirk (0.09 miles)
Cnoc Maol-dhùin, Latheron/Halkirk (4.03 miles)
Loch Caluim, Halkirk and Reay (7.34 miles)
Bad Màiri, Latheron (7.56 miles)
Blàr Mairi, Reay (8.89 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS indicates that a sheephfold stood on the supposed site of the chapel, said to have been constructed from its stones, in the nineteenth century. No evidence survives either here or at a site at NC989409 (where a shepherd suggested in 1960 that the chapel may have stood).
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Dail Chiarain, Halkirk
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ciaran's Chapel
Head name
St Ciaran's Chapel
Place
St Ciaran's Chapel, Halkirk
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Ciaran's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Ciaran's Chapel Head nameSt Ciaran's Chapel PlaceSt Ciaran's Chapel, Halkirk 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.
Saints in this place-name
Ciarán (ns) (certain)
Ciarán m. Beodáin of Clonmacnoise (probable)
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