Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cladh Odhrain, Kirkapol (Tiree)
Grid reference
NM 043 472 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
104300 747200
Latitude
56.523696442901795
Longitude
-6.809103496360565
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
St Columba's Church, Kirkapoll (Tiree) (0.06 miles)
Kirkapoll, former parish, Tiree (Tiree) (0.06 miles)
Tobar Eachainn, Kirkapoll (Tiree) (0.06 miles)
Tiree, modern parish (2.99 miles)
Cill Fhinnein, chapel, Tiree (3.11 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This place is called Cladh Kirkapoll on OS Digimap. The alternative name, Cladh Odhrain is given by a local Tiree website about place-names, http://www.tireeplacenames.org/, accessed 7 November 2011. There are a pair of West Highland slabs in the cemetery, and part of a free-standing cross. Another cross, formerly here, is now at Inveraray Castle. W. Douglas Simpson, 'The Historical Saint Columba' (Edinburgh 1963, 84).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkapoll, former parish, Tiree (Tiree) (formerly)
Within Tiree, modern parish
Within Tiree, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Columba's Church, Kirkapoll (Tiree)
Adjacent Tobar Eachainn, Kirkapoll (Tiree)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cladh Odhrain
Head name
Cladh Odhrain
Place
Cladh Odhrain, Kirkapol (Tiree)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Claodh-Odhrain 1857, Reeves 1857
Historic formClaodh-Odhrain Head nameCladh Odhrain PlaceCladh Odhrain, Kirkapol (Tiree) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceReeves 1857, 207 Date of citation1857 x 1857 |
Source code
Reeves 1857
Author
William Reeves
Source title
The Life of St. Columba, Founder of Hy; written by Adamnan, ninth abbot of that monastery
Year
1857
Saints in this place-name
Odrán, Oran (ns) (certain)
Odrán of Iona (certain)