Saints in Scottish Place-Names

St Francis' Chapel, Duirinish (Skye)

Grid reference

NG 199 516 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

119900 851600

Latitude

57.46816109947571

Longitude

-6.672294009121219

Altitude (metres)

25

County

Inverness-shire

Nearby places

St Comgan's Chapel, Duirinish (Skye) (1.9 miles)

Kilmuir, former parish, Duirinish (Skye) (4.14 miles)

St Mary's Church/Kilmuir Duirinish (Skye) (4.14 miles)

Kilmuir, settlement Duirinish (Skye) (4.42 miles)

St Columba's Chapel, Duirinish (Skye) (5.97 miles)

Object Classification

Antiquity

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

The site marked on OS 6 inch and OS Digimap as a Burial Ground. It stands at the roadside by Husabost, and on the other side of the road is Cnoc na Cille 'hill of the church or burial ground'. See NMRS for further discussion, including the designation of the site as Cnoc na Cille ('hill of the church'), a number of buildings, and the supposed dedication to St Francis. The evidence for this appears to be extremely modern, and may be spurious.

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Relationships with other parishes

Within Duirinish, parish (Skye)

Within Duirinish, parish (Skye)

Names

1 head-name linked to this place ?

St Francis' Chapel

Saints in this place-name

Francis (ns) (certain) Note that although it is certainly St Francis who is mentioned as culted here, the attestation is modern and, in the absence of further evidence, quite doubtful.

Francis of Assisi (certain) Note that although it is certainly St Francis who is mentioned as culted here, the attestation is modern and, in the absence of further evidence, quite doubtful.