Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre
Grid reference
NR 779 281 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
177900 628100
Latitude
55.49609746473503
Longitude
-5.516659079354126
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kildonan, ~eccles. Campbeltown (0.51 miles)
Kilkeddan, ~eccles. Campbeltown (1.32 miles)
Kilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown (1.84 miles)
Our Lady's Lands, Saddell and Skipness (2.42 miles)
St Mary's Abbey, Saddell & Skipness (2.44 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This settlement is not shown on OS 6 inch 1st edn. But Blaeu shows Kildonnen at about this site. The modern name may represent the 'reactivation' of the earlier settlement name, not necessarily on exactly the same site as Blaeu's settlement. It is likely that this cill-name and settlement-name give rise to the nearby coastal features of Kildonald Point (NR784271) and Kildonald Bay (NR780273).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Campbeltown, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kildonan
Head name
Kildonan
Place
Kildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKildonnen Head nameKildonan PlaceKildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 3085 Date of citation1545 x 1545 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Kildonan 1596, Highland Papers
Historic formKildonan Head nameKildonan PlaceKildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHighland Papers, vol. 3 p74 Date of citation1596 x 1596 |
MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.
Kildonane 1605, Highland Papers
Historic formKildonane Head nameKildonan PlaceKildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHighland Papers, vol. 3 p81 Date of citation1605 x 1605 Before nameDannonochane After nameDowpein |
MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.
Historic formKildonnen Head nameKildonan PlaceKildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceBlaeu, Kintyre Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kildonan, Kildonan, ~eccles. Campbeltown
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