Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA
Grid reference
NR 643 480 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
164300 648000
Latitude
55.66817900898947
Longitude
-5.748486706411161
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Gigha & Cara, parish (0 miles)
St Cathan's Well, Gigha & Cara (0.06 miles)
Kilchattan, settlement, Gigha GCA (0.19 miles)
St Fionnlugh's Chapel, Gigha & Cara (Cara) (2.3 miles)
Tobar a' Bheathaig, Gigha & Cara (2.55 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Thirteenth-century building, replaced as parish kirk by another building in the eighteenth century on another site. A broken early Christian cross was found here, now lost (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Gigha & Cara, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Cathan's Well, Gigha & Cara
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilchattan
Head name
Kilchattan
Place
St Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Kilchattan 1654, Blaeu
Historic formKilchattan Head nameKilchattan PlaceSt Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Kintyre Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Cil Chattan 1793, OSA
Historic formCil Chattan Head nameKilchattan PlaceSt Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, viii, 56 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Kilchattan 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKilchattan Head nameKilchattan PlaceSt Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA 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
Cattán (ns) (certain)
Cattán of Bute (probable)
Cattán m. Matáin (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kilchattan, Kilchattan, settlement, Gigha GCA
St Cathan's Church
Head name
St Cathan's Church
Place
St Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA
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
Saints in this place-name
Cattán (ns) (certain)
Cattán of Bute (probable)
Cattán m. Matáin (maybe)
Place-name data
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