Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
St Clement's Church, Rodel, Harris
Grid reference
NG 047 831 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
104700 883100
Latitude
57.740455953553464
Longitude
-6.9631558747546825
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Rodel, former parish, Harris (0 miles)
Tobar Mhicheil, ~well, Harris (1.08 miles)
Tobar Micheil, settlement, Harris (1.08 miles)
Kilbride, eccles. Harris (Harris) (6.5 miles)
Harris, parish (6.5 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OPS records that this church was 'a religious house founded by one of the Macloids of Harris, and dedicated to St Clement. The date of its foundation is unknown' (ii (1), 377). It was described be Dean Monro inn 1549: 'Within the south part of this said Ile lyis ane Monasterie with ane steipill, quhilk was foundit and biggit be Mccloyd of Haray callit Roadill' (Monro, Description, 86). NMRS observes that the earliest part of the building dates to the thirteenth century.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Harris, parish
Within Harris, parish
Within Rodel, former parish, Harris
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?St Clement's Church
Head name
St Clement's Church
Place
St Clement's Church, Rodel, Harris
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
St. Cleaman 1630, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formSt. Cleaman Head nameSt Clement's Church PlaceSt Clement's Church, Rodel, Harris Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 182 Date of citation1630 x 1630 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
St Clement's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Clement's Church Head nameSt Clement's Church PlaceSt Clement's Church, Rodel, Harris 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
Clement (ns) (certain)
Clement , pope and martyr (certain)
Tùr Chliamainn
Head name
Tùr Chliamainn
Place
St Clement's Church, Rodel, Harris
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
Clement (ns) (certain)
Clement , pope and martyr (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
