Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Church/Kilmuir Duirinish (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 254 478 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
125400 847800
Latitude
57.43749245550854
Longitude
-6.576625303930181
Altitude (metres)
40
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Kilmuir, former parish, Duirinish (Skye) (0 miles)
Kilmuir, settlement Duirinish (Skye) (0.33 miles)
St John's Chapel, Bracadale (Skye) (4.04 miles)
St Francis' Chapel, Duirinish (Skye) (4.14 miles)
Coire Mhic Mhicheil, Duirinish (Skye) (4.42 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A post-Reformation building, but late medieval grave-slabs show presence of earlier church on the site.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Duirinish, parish (Skye)
Within Kilmuir, former parish, Duirinish (Skye) (formerly)
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilmuir
Head name
Kilmuir
Place
St Mary's Church/Kilmuir 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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Historic formKiluore Head nameKilmuir PlaceSt Mary's Church/Kilmuir Duirinish (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Hebrides Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kilmuir (Skye), Kilmuir, former parish, Duirinish (Skye)
St Mary's Church
Head name
St Mary's Church
Place
St Mary's Church/Kilmuir Duirinish (Skye)
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
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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