Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Columba's Chapel, Morvern
Grid reference
NM 547 549 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
154700 754900
Latitude
56.62169915321993
Longitude
-5.99919715444691
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Cnoc Mhicheil, Morvern (0.26 miles)
Killintag, eccles, Killintag, Morvern (1.25 miles)
Killintag, former parish, Morvern (1.25 miles)
Tobar Mhoire, well, KKE (Mull) (2.85 miles)
Tobermory, settlement KKE (Mull) (2.86 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records: St Columba's Church (RC). Disused. Built and designed by the Edinburgh wright-architect James Anderson (1838) on the site of Drimnin Castle.J Gifford 1992. Up the hill to the North-East, 380 m away, is the burial enclosure on Cnoc Mhicheil.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Morvern, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Cnoc Mhicheil, Morvern
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Columba's Chapel
Head name
St Columba's Chapel
Place
St Columba's Chapel, Morvern
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 Columba's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Columba's Chapel Head nameSt Columba's Chapel PlaceSt Columba's Chapel, Morvern 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
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (certain)
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