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Cill Choiril, eccles. Kilmonivaig
Grid reference
NN 306 812 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
230600 781200
Latitude
56.89131533442168
Longitude
-4.781184473206863
Altitude (metres)
200
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Tom Aingil, hill Kilmonivaig (0.06 miles)
Cill Choiril, settlement, Kilmonivaig (0.39 miles)
Killiechonate, church Kilmonivaig (4.03 miles)
Killiechonate, settlement Kilmonivaig (4.03 miles)
Fintaig Water, Kilmonivaig (5.5 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On a dramatic hillside, above the River Spean. Part of the church is medieval, and an unrecorded cross-marked stone in the graveyard is probably early medieval. The hill above it to the NW is called Druim Domhnaich.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Tom Aingil, hill Kilmonivaig
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cille Choiril
Head name
Cille Choiril
Place
Cill Choiril, eccles. Kilmonivaig
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
Kilcherrill 1630, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formKilcherrill Head nameCille Choiril PlaceCill Choiril, eccles. Kilmonivaig Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 173 Date of citation1630 x 1630 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Cill-choiril 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formCill-choiril Head nameCille Choiril PlaceCill Choiril, eccles. Kilmonivaig 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
Cairell (ns) (certain)
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