Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kildonan, settlement, Lochbroom
Grid reference
NH 077 909 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
207700 890900
Latitude
57.86637176158298
Longitude
-5.242300830969221
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
Kildonan, eccles., Lochbroom (0.06 miles)
Càrn Dhonnchaidh, Lochbroom (3.61 miles)
Isle Martin, Lochbroom (5.41 miles)
Eas Chaluim, Lochbroom (5.55 miles)
Allt Chaluim, burn, Lochbroom (5.81 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
No remains of a chapel, but several upright stones and some slabs, thought to be associated with burials. The burial ground went out of use in the middle of the eighteenth century (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lochbroom, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kildonan
Head name
Kildonan
Place
Kildonan, settlement, Lochbroom
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kildonan, Kildonan, eccles., Lochbroom
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
