Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilkeddan, ~eccles. Campbeltown
Grid reference
NR 765 265 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
176500 626500
Latitude
55.48110853556041
Longitude
-5.53749130036167
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown (0.55 miles)
Kildonan, ~eccles. Campbeltown (0.89 miles)
Kildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre (1.32 miles)
Kilchousland, ~eccles. CAM (Kintyre) (2.92 miles)
Kilchousland, former parish, Campbeltown, Kintyre (2.92 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for a chapel amd burial ground identified by NMRS and shown on OS Digimap, standing 850 metres north-east of the settlement of Kilkeddan.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Campbeltown, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilkeddan
Head name
Kilkeddan
Place
Kilkeddan, ~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
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kilkeddan, Kilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown
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:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
