Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Suidhe Chatain, Kingarth
Grid reference
NS 097 547 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
209700 654700
Latitude
55.74821523472252
Longitude
-5.032385592674964
Altitude (metres)
157
County
Bute
Nearby places
Kingarth aka Kilblaan, eccles. Kingarth (0.82 miles)
Kingarth, parish (Bute) (0.83 miles)
St Blane's Well, Kingarth (0.83 miles)
Glen Callum, Kingarth (Bute) (1.07 miles)
Little Kilchattan, Kingarth (1.14 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The hill whose summit bears this name rises to 157 metres, the highest point in the parish and in the southern half of the island (south of the Highland Boundary Fault). It stands between Kilchattan to the north and Kilblaan (the church of St Blane, Kingarth) to the south.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kingarth, parish (Bute)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilchattan, ~eccles. Kingarth
Adjacent Kilchattan, settlement Kingarth
Adjacent St Cattan's Well, Kingarth (Bute)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Suidhe Chatain
Head name
Suidhe Chatain
Place
Suidhe Chatain, Kingarth
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
Suychattan 1654, Blaeu
Historic formSuychattan Head nameSuidhe Chatain PlaceSuidhe Chatain, Kingarth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Bute Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Sea Chatton 1752, Roy
Historic formSea Chatton Head nameSuidhe Chatain PlaceSuidhe Chatain, Kingarth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRoy Date of citation1752 x 1755 Notes on the context of this place-nameDate for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73. |
Source code
Roy
Source title
Military Map of Scotland
Editors
General Roy
Year
1749- 1755
Notes
Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.
Suidhe Chatain 1869, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSuidhe Chatain Head nameSuidhe Chatain PlaceSuidhe Chatain, Kingarth 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
Cattán (ns) (certain)
Cattán of Bute (certain)
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