Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Colm's Kirk, Cumbrae
Grid reference
NS 157 551 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
215700 655100
Latitude
55.75412547536694
Longitude
-4.937190219672168
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Bute
Nearby places
Cumbrae, parish (0 miles)
St Andrew's Chapel, episc. Cumbrae (0.43 miles)
Ninian Brae, Cumbrae (1.22 miles)
Ballochmartin, settlement Cumbrae (1.67 miles)
St Vey's Chapel, Cumbrae (2.14 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records that the kirk built here in 1802 was erected on the site of a kirk built in 1642, which had in turn replaced the medieval kirk mentioned by Monro as 'Sanct Colmis Kirke'. Early medieval stone crosses were found here [eight fragments from six stones].
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Saint Colm's Kirk
Head name
Saint Colm's Kirk
Place
St Colm's Kirk, Cumbrae
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
Sanct Colms Kirke 1549, Monro, Description
Historic formSanct Colms Kirke Head nameSaint Colm's Kirk PlaceSt Colm's Kirk, Cumbrae Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMonro, Description, no. 8 Date of citation1549 x 1549 Feature named in sourcekirk 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of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'.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of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'.
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)
