Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kildonan, ~eccles. Campbeltown
Grid reference
NR 777 273 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
177700 627300
Latitude
55.488830944879716
Longitude
-5.519178547188957
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre (0.51 miles)
Kilkeddan, ~eccles. Campbeltown (0.89 miles)
Kilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown (1.45 miles)
Our Lady's Lands, Saddell and Skipness (2.92 miles)
St Mary's Abbey, Saddell & Skipness (2.95 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for a possible burial ground next to what is now called Kildonald Cottage, 780 metres south of OS Digimap Kildonan (settlement). The modern name Kildonald is a corruption of Kildonnain.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Campbeltown, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kildonan
Head name
Kildonan
Place
Kildonan, ~eccles. Campbeltown
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
Donnán (ns) (certain)
Donnán of Eigg (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kildonan, Kildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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