Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilblaan, eccles., Inveraray
Grid reference
NN 123 127 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
212300 712700
Latitude
56.269682603134385
Longitude
-5.031539075962697
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilblaan, settlement Inveraray (0.48 miles)
Inveraray, parish, aka Kilmalieu, parish (2.29 miles)
Kilmalieu, eccles. Inveraray (2.29 miles)
Kilmalieu, settlement, Inveraray (2.55 miles)
Ladyfield, settlement Inveraray (2.72 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
There are no visible remains of this chapel. NSA stated in 1845 that children and infants were buried there in the eighteenth century. OS Name Book records in the mid-nineteenth century the testimony of a man aged over 90 who said that he was present at the burial of a child here circa 1800 (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilblaan
Head name
Kilblaan
Place
Kilblaan, eccles., Inveraray
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?
No
Historic formKilblane Head nameKilblaan PlaceKilblaan, eccles., Inveraray Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNSA, Argyll, 26 Date of citation1845 x 1845 |
Source code
NSA
Source title
New Statsitical Account
Saints in this place-name
Bláán (ns) (certain)
Bláán of Bute (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kilblaan, Kilblaan, settlement Inveraray