Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cill Mhoire, eccl. COO (Colonsay)
Grid reference
NR 377 957 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
137700 695700
Latitude
56.082031567541215
Longitude
-6.216471282870232
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Upper Kilchattan, settlement Colonsay (0.5 miles)
Tobar Chattan, Colonsay parish (1 miles)
Colonsay & Oronsay, parish, aka Kilchattan (1.03 miles)
Kilchattan, eccles. COO (Colonsay) (1.03 miles)
Kiloran, settlement Colonsay (1.03 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Little more than the foundations survive in a burial ground containing 'half-buried uninscribed gravestones' or what may be simply half buried boulders. 'Local tradition says that the chapel was used for unbaptised children' (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cill Mhoire
Head name
Cill Mhoire
Place
Cill Mhoire, eccl. COO (Colonsay)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Cill Mhoire 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formCill Mhoire Head nameCill Mhoire PlaceCill Mhoire, eccl. COO (Colonsay) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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