Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Cathan's Well, Gigha & Cara
Grid reference
NR 642 480 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
164200 648000
Latitude
55.66813048454407
Longitude
-5.7500732509566035
Altitude (metres)
30
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
St Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA (0.06 miles)
Gigha & Cara, parish (0.06 miles)
Kilchattan, settlement, Gigha GCA (0.12 miles)
St Fionnlugh's Chapel, Gigha & Cara (Cara) (2.3 miles)
Tobar a' Bheathaig, Gigha & Cara (2.57 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Cathan's Well
Head name
St Cathan's Well
Place
St Cathan's Well, Gigha & Cara
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Cattán (ns) (certain)
Cattán of Bute (probable)
Cattán m. Matáin (maybe)