Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Michael's Chapel (original) Laggan
Grid reference
NN 587 937 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
258700 793700
Latitude
57.012939417003444
Longitude
-4.327301104586637
Altitude (metres)
260
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
St Michael's Chapel (19th cent), Laggan (0.35 miles)
Cladh Chlearnan / Chluanaidh, Laggan (3.35 miles)
Laggan, parish (4.11 miles)
St Kenneth's Church, Laggan (4.11 miles)
Meallach Chaitrìne, Laggan (4.37 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS: An old Catholic chapel and burying ground, now replaced by a later (1845) building on the opposite side of the river (1870). There is no trace of the building now. It was pulled down stone by stone and rebuilt at Pluscarden Priory (1965). For the circular burial ground, containing at least one early medieval carved stone, standing near to the site of this chapel, see G Márkus, ‘St Michael’s Chapel, Bruach Mhór’, Discovery and Excavation in Scotland (2005) 76-7.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Laggan, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Michael's Chapel
Head name
St Michael's Chapel
Place
St Michael's Chapel (original) Laggan
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Michael's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Michael's Chapel Head nameSt Michael's Chapel PlaceSt Michael's Chapel (original) Laggan 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
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (certain)
