Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Inchmarnock, North Bute
Grid reference
NS 019 602 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
201900 660200
Latitude
55.79443617111716
Longitude
-5.160463157096213
Altitude (metres)
60
County
Bute
Nearby places
St Ninian's Point, North Bute (0.97 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, North Bute (1.12 miles)
St Ninian's Bay, North Bute (1.28 miles)
Kilmory, ~eccles, North Bute (1.63 miles)
Kilchousland, eccles., North Bute (1.82 miles)
Object Classification
Island
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The island contains the remains of an early medieval monastery, at NR023595. For discussion of the site and the name, see Márkus 2012, 379-82. In 1391, the pope wrote to the bishop of Glasgow, confirming the exchange between the abbot and convent of Saddel (Saydil) and the abbot and convent of Crossraguel (Crosraguier), by which which the two bodies exchanged their respective ownerships of Inchmarnock (Inchemernok) and the chapel of the Holy Trinity at Kildomine (Kyldormne). The exchange had been made thirty years earlier but without containing episcopal consent, so the abbot of Saddel sought papal confirmation. (Calendar of Papal Letters to Scotland, 1378-94, Clement VII, 159)
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kingarth, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Within North Bute, modern parish
Within Rothesay, parish (Bute) (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Inchmarnock
Head name
Inchmarnock
Place
Inchmarnock, 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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Insula Sancti Marnoci , Scotichronicon
Historic formInsula Sancti Marnoci Head nameInchmarnock PlaceInchmarnock, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceScotichronicon, Bk I, Ch. 6 Notes on the context of this place-nameNine volumes with multiple editors, published between 1987 and 1998. |
Source code
Scotichronicon
Source title
Scotichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English
Editors
D. E. R. Watt et al.
Year
1440 x 1447
Notes
Nine volumes with multiple editors, published between 1987 and 1998.
Inchemernock 1370
Historic formInchemernock Head nameInchmarnock PlaceInchmarnock, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1370 approx x 1380 approx |
Inchemernock 1370
Historic formInchemernock Head nameInchmarnock PlaceInchmarnock, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1370 approx x 1380 approx |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Inchemernock 1370
Historic formInchemernock Head nameInchmarnock PlaceInchmarnock, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1370 approx x 1380 approx |
Inishmer
Historic formInishmer Head nameInchmarnock PlaceInchmarnock, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMonro, Description, no. 6 Date of citation1549 x 1549 Notes on the context of this place-nameFull title of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'. |
Source code
Monro, Description
Author
Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles
Source title
Monro's Western Isles of Scotland
Editors
R. W. Munro
Year
1961
Notes
Full title of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'.
Inchmernoch 1662, Highland Papers
Historic formInchmernoch Head nameInchmarnock PlaceInchmarnock, North Bute Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHighland Papers, vol. 3 p7 Date of citation1662 x 1662 |
MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.
Inchmarnock 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formInchmarnock Head nameInchmarnock PlaceInchmarnock, North Bute 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
Ernán, Ernaíne, Mo Ernóc, Marnan (ns) (certain)
Ernán, uncle of Columba (maybe)
Ernaíne m. Colmáin of Tory Island (maybe)
Ernán mac Eogain (maybe)
Ernéne moccu Fir Roíde (maybe)
Ernán of Midluachair (maybe)
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