Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmachalmaig, ~eccles. North Bute
Grid reference
NS 045 672 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
204500 667200
Latitude
55.85830313767832
Longitude
-5.12408717099915
Altitude (metres)
35
County
Bute
Nearby places
Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute (0 miles)
North Bute, modern parish (0.5 miles)
Kilbride, ~eccles North Bute (0.69 miles)
Kilbride, settlement North Bute (0.83 miles)
Cranslagmory, North Bute (0.99 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for the cross-carved stone which stands at or near the site of the now lost chapel. See Márkus 2012, 395-7 for discussion of the name and the site.
Relationships with other parishes
Within North Bute, modern parish
Within Rothesay, parish (Bute)
Within Rothesay, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmachalmaig
Head name
Kilmachalmaig
Place
Kilmachalmaig, ~eccles. North Bute
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
Kilmachalmok 1662, Highland Papers
Historic formKilmachalmok Head nameKilmachalmaig PlaceKilmachalmaig, ~eccles. North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHighland Papers, vol. 3 p9 Date of citation1662 x 1662 After nameEdinmore |
MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)