Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Cill Donnain/Kildonan, settlemt. South Uist

Grid reference

NF 740 276 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

74000 827600

Latitude

57.22289619711969

Longitude

-7.402603666047018

County

Inverness-shire

Nearby places

Loch Chill Donnain, South Uist (0.45 miles)

Gleann Chill Donnain, South Uist (0.63 miles)

Cill Donnain, Kildonan, ~eccles. South Uist (0.64 miles)

Sligeanach Kildonan, South Uist (1.1 miles)

St Mary's Church, South Uist (RC) (1.33 miles)

Object Classification

Settlement

Is linear feature?

Notes

The above NGR is for the house of Kildonan as on modern OS maps. But the older township of Kildonan lay some distance to the west, on the other side of Loch Chill Donnain, centred at around NF730276.

Relationships with other parishes

Within South Uist, modern parish

Relationships with other places

Adjacent Cill Donnain, Kildonan, ~eccles. South Uist

Adjacent Gleann Chill Donnain, South Uist

Names

1 head-name linked to this place

Cill Donnain

Head name

Cill Donnain

Place

Cill Donnain/Kildonan, settlemt. South Uist

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?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Kildonan 1498, RMS

Historic form

Kildonan

Head name

Cill Donnain

Place

Cill Donnain/Kildonan, settlemt. South Uist

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RMS, ii no. 2437

Date of citation

1498 x 1498

Feature named in source

lands

Notes on the context of this place-name

Reprinted 1984

Source code

RMS

Source title

Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)

Editors

J.M.Thomson et al.

Volume

1-11

Year

1882-1914

Notes

Reprinted 1984

Kildonnen 1583, Pont MS

Historic form

Kildonnen

Head name

Cill Donnain

Place

Cill Donnain/Kildonan, settlemt. South Uist

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pont MS, no. 36

Date of citation

1583 x 1596

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.

Source code

Pont MS

Author

Timothy Pont

Source title

Pont Manuscript

Year

1590x1610

Notes

Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.

Kildonnen 1654, Blaeu

Historic form

Kildonnen

Head name

Cill Donnain

Place

Cill Donnain/Kildonan, settlemt. South Uist

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Blaeu, Uist

Date of citation

1654 x 1654

Source code

Blaeu

Source title

Atlas Novus

Editors

and publisher: Johan Blaeu

Year

1654

Kildonan 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

Historic form

Kildonan

Head name

Cill Donnain

Place

Cill Donnain/Kildonan, settlemt. South Uist

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OS 6 inch first edn.

Date of citation

1843 x 1882

Notes on the context of this place-name

Mid 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.

Relationships with other place names

Derives from Cille Donnain, Cill Donnain, Kildonan, ~eccles. South Uist

Place-name data

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OS 1920-1933 map:
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Cill Donnain/Kildonan, settlemt. South Uist

Grid reference

Six-figure easting & northing

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Nearby places

Object Classification

Is linear feature?

Notes

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Names

Cill Donnain

Head name

Place

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The status of this name is

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

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Date of citation

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Notes on the context of this place-name

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Editors

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Year

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Date of citation

Notes on the context of this place-name

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Historic form

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Certainty that this name applies to this place

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