Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, KKV (Mull)
Grid reference
NM 538 217 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
153800 721700
Latitude
56.32364970928792
Longitude
-5.982502297205605
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Well, KKV (Mull) (0 miles)
Tobar Choluim Chille, Torosay, Mull (3.68 miles)
Killunaig, eccles. KKV (Mull) (3.69 miles)
Killunaig, settlement KKV (Mull) (3.78 miles)
Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, modern parish (4.28 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Totally demolished in the nineteenth century, nothing remaining of the chapel, but there is an early Christian cross-carved stone (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Chapel
Head name
St Mary's Chapel
Place
St Mary's Chapel, KKV (Mull)
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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