Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Lochs (Shiant Islands)
Grid reference
NG 430 986 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
143000 898600
Latitude
57.90284829860553
Longitude
-6.338373909901479
Altitude (metres)
65
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
Airigh Mhuire, Lochs (Shiant Islands) (0.09 miles)
Eilean Mhuire, Lochs (Shiant Islands) (0.14 miles)
Kildonnan, settlement Small Isles (Eigg) (9.19 miles)
Camas Phadruig, Lochs (Lewis) (10.09 miles)
Cleite Catriona, Lochs (Lewis) (10.93 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lochs, parish (Lewis)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Lochs (Shiant Islands)
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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Default map:
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
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
