Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Chapel, Texa KDO (Islay)
Grid reference
NR 390 438 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
139000 643800
Latitude
55.61760646666794
Longitude
-6.145738868880416
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Tobar Moireig, Texa KDO (Islay) (0 miles)
St Mary's Isle / Texa, KDO (Islay) (0.38 miles)
Cill Luchaig, cemetery? KDO (Islay) (0.87 miles)
Torr Math Laoruinn, KDO (Islay) (1.2 miles)
Cill Mhoire, eccl. KDO (Islay) (1.42 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records the finding of an eleventh century (?) chrismatory here, a cross-shaft of late fourteenth century, and remains of a fourteenth-century chapel in a (earlier?) enclosure.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Within St Mary's Isle / Texa, KDO (Islay)
Adjacent Tobar Moireig, Texa KDO (Islay)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Sancte Marie
Head name
Capella Sancte Marie
Place
St Mary's Chapel, Texa KDO (Islay)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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?
Yes
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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