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Cill Chonnáin, eccles. Trumpan, Duirinish (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 224 612 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
122400 861200
Latitude
57.55565651634593
Longitude
-6.641674245480474
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Duirinish, parish (Skye) (0 miles)
Trumpan, former parish, Duirinish (Skye) (0 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Duirinish (Skye) (0.28 miles)
St Francis' Chapel, Duirinish (Skye) (6.15 miles)
St Comgan's Chapel, Duirinish (Skye) (7.75 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The church is now ruinous; the graveyard contains two late medieval grave-slabs and a broken stone basin - probably a font (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Duirinish, parish (Skye)
Within Trumpan, former parish, Duirinish (Skye)
Within Trumpan, former parish, Duirinish (Skye) (formerly)
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Cill Chonnáin
Head name
Cill Chonnáin
Place
Cill Chonnáin, eccles. Trumpan, Duirinish (Skye)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Cill Chonnáin 1926, Watson 1926
Historic formCill Chonnáin Head nameCill Chonnáin PlaceCill Chonnáin, eccles. Trumpan, Duirinish (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceWatson 1926, 282 Date of citation1926 x 1926 |
Source code
Watson 1926
Author
W. J. Watson
Source title
The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland
Year
1926
Saints in this place-name
Conn, Connán (ns) (maybe)
Conna, Conóc, Mo Chonóc, Conán, Cynan (ns) (maybe)
Comgan (ns) (maybe)
Ecclesia Sancti Congani
Head name
Ecclesia Sancti Congani
Place
Cill Chonnáin, eccles. Trumpan, Duirinish (Skye)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
ecclesie Sancti Congani 1382, Highland Papers
Historic formecclesie Sancti Congani Head nameEcclesia Sancti Congani PlaceCill Chonnáin, eccles. Trumpan, Duirinish (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHighland Papers, iv, 140 Date of citation1382 x 1382 |
MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.
Saints in this place-name
Conna, Conóc, Mo Chonóc, Conán, Cynan (ns) (maybe)
Comgan (ns) (maybe)
Conn, Connán (ns) (maybe)
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