Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Moluag's Chapel, Dores
Grid reference
NH 539 250 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
253900 825000
Latitude
57.29239734439652
Longitude
-4.424601777213907
Altitude (metres)
200
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Croit Moluag, Dores, alias Priestfield (0 miles)
Torr Dhonnachaidh, Boleskine & Abertarff (1.66 miles)
Boleskine, former parish, BAF (2.68 miles)
Inchconachar, Urquhart & Glenmoriston (2.86 miles)
Urquhart & Glenmoriston, parish (3.06 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records its position, and a piece of ground nearby called Croit Moluag in 1910. Part of the chapel may survie as an 'amorphous turf-covered stone bank'. A few unmarked gravestones survive.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dores, parish
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Moluag's Chapel
Head name
St Moluag's Chapel
Place
St Moluag's Chapel, Dores
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Lugaid, Mo Lua, Mo Luóc (ns) (certain)
Mo Luóc m. Luchta of Lismore (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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