Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Port Mary, Luing Kilbrandon & Kilchattan
Grid reference
NM 744 142 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
174400 714200
Latitude
56.26664921620855
Longitude
-5.643662768937391
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilbrandon & Kilchattan, parish (0.62 miles)
Achadh dà Chaluim, Kilbrandon & Kilchattan (1.16 miles)
Kilbride, settlement KBK (Seil) (1.58 miles)
Kilbride, eccles. KBK (Seil) (1.69 miles)
Kilbrandon, settlement Kilbrandon & Kilchattan (1.86 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Notes
A bay on the coast of the island of Luing.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilbrandon & Kilchattan, parish
Within Kilchattan, former parish, aka Luing KBK (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Port Mary
Head name
Port Mary
Place
Port Mary, Luing Kilbrandon & Kilchattan
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
Port Mary 1875, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formPort Mary Head namePort Mary PlacePort Mary, Luing Kilbrandon & Kilchattan Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (maybe)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (maybe)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
