Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kintradwell, settlement Loth
Grid reference
NC 919 076 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
291900 907600
Latitude
58.044623544566804
Longitude
-3.831411931121289
Altitude (metres)
45
County
Sutherland
Nearby places
St Trolla's Chapel, Loth (0.22 miles)
Cinn Trolla Broch, Loth (0.67 miles)
Dalchalm, Clyne (1.42 miles)
Clyne, parish (1.84 miles)
Ladiesloch, Clyne (2.39 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On the bank of the Kintradwell Burn. See Lelong in SAJ 2003 for discussion of early medieval burial ground at this site. Note nearby broch labelled Clentrolla Pictish Tower on OS 6" 1t edn. Also see Watson 1926 for disussion of early forms. NMRS records St Trolla's Chapel at NC922074, and notes that human remains were distrubed here, including 16 burials, all extended and supine, at least two of them with stone settings around the heads and upper bodies.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Loth, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Cinn Trolla Broch, Loth
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kintradwell
Head name
Kintradwell
Place
Kintradwell, settlement Loth
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Clyne-treduane 1548, RMS
Historic formClyne-treduane Head nameKintradwell PlaceKintradwell, settlement Loth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iv no. 241 Date of citation1548 x 1548 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Carnetradlen 1617, Spalding Misc.
Historic formCarnetradlen Head nameKintradwell PlaceKintradwell, settlement Loth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSpalding Misc., 5, 141 Date of citation1617 x 1617 |
Source code
Spalding Misc.
Source title
Miscellany of the Spalding Club.
Year
1841-52
Clyn Traddel 1654, Blaeu
Historic formClyn Traddel Head nameKintradwell PlaceKintradwell, settlement Loth Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceBlaeu, Sutherland Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Kintradwell 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKintradwell Head nameKintradwell PlaceKintradwell, settlement Loth 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
Trollhaena (probable)
Triduana, Tradwell, Trolla (ns) (probable)
Triduana (maybe)
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