Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown
Grid reference
NR 757 261 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
175700 626100
Latitude
55.47715469188363
Longitude
-5.5498034058484995
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilkeddan, ~eccles. Campbeltown (0.55 miles)
Kildonan, ~eccles. Campbeltown (1.45 miles)
Kildonan, settlement, Campbeltown, Kintyre (1.84 miles)
Kilchousland, ~eccles. CAM (Kintyre) (2.57 miles)
Kilchousland, former parish, Campbeltown, Kintyre (2.57 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Campbeltown, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilkeddan
Head name
Kilkeddan
Place
Kilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown
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 formKilkadane Head nameKilkeddan PlaceKilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown 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
Kilchaidnich 1654
Historic formKilchaidnich Head nameKilkeddan PlaceKilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Kilchaidnich 1654
Historic formKilchaidnich Head nameKilkeddan PlaceKilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Kilchaidnich 1654
Historic formKilchaidnich Head nameKilkeddan PlaceKilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Kilkeddan 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKilkeddan Head nameKilkeddan PlaceKilkeddan, settlement Campbeltown 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.
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kilkeddan, Kilkeddan, ~eccles. Campbeltown
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