Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

Grid reference

NS 027 665 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

202700 666500

Latitude

55.85128956621551

Longitude

-5.152293462829108

Altitude (metres)

County

Bute

Nearby places

Kildavannan, ~eccles. North Bute (0 miles)

Cnoc-na-mhanan, North Bute (0.18 miles)

Kilbride, settlement North Bute (0.89 miles)

Kilbride, ~eccles North Bute (0.89 miles)

Kilmachalmaig, ~eccles. North Bute (1.2 miles)

Object Classification

Settlement

Is linear feature?

Notes

For discussion of this name and the site, see Márkus 2012, 391-5.

Relationships with other parishes

Within Kingarth, parish (Bute) (formerly)

Within North Bute, modern parish

Within Rothesay, parish (Bute) (formerly)

Relationships with other places

Adjacent Cnoc-na-mhanan, North Bute

Adjacent Kildavannan, ~eccles. North Bute

Names

1 head-name linked to this place

Kildavannan

Head name

Kildavannan

Place

Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

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?

Kyldavanan 1429, RMS

Historic form

Kyldavanan

Head name

Kildavannan

Place

Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RMS, ii no. 123

Date of citation

1429 x 1429

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

Kilmavanan 1466, RMS

Historic form

Kilmavanan

Head name

Kildavannan

Place

Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RMS, ii no. 197

Date of citation

1466 x 1477

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

Kilmavanan 1524, ER

Historic form

Kilmavanan

Head name

Kildavannan

Place

Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

ER, xv, 615

Date of citation

1524 x 1524

Source code

Source title

The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland

Editors

J.Stuart & others

Year

1878-1908

Kildauanach 1654, Blaeu

Historic form

Kildauanach

Head name

Kildavannan

Place

Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Blaeu, Bute

Date of citation

1654 x 1654

Source code

Blaeu

Source title

Atlas Novus

Editors

and publisher: Johan Blaeu

Year

1654

Kildavanane 1662, Highland Papers

Historic form

Kildavanane

Head name

Kildavannan

Place

Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Highland Papers, vol. 3 p10

Date of citation

1662 x 1662

MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.

Kildavanan 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

Historic form

Kildavanan

Head name

Kildavannan

Place

Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

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.

Saints in this place-name

Beinén, Beinian, Benignus (ns) (maybe)

Benignus of Lesmahago (maybe)

Beinian m. Seiscnéin of Armagh (maybe)

Relationships with other place names

Derives from Kildavannan, Kildavannan, ~eccles. North Bute

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Kildavannan, settlement North Bute

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