Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmaho, ~eccles. Killean & Kilchenzie
Grid reference
NR 678 243 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
167800 624300
Latitude
55.457327146145126
Longitude
-5.673044123588742
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Tobar Macha, Killean & Kilchenzie (0.09 miles)
Kilmaho, settlement Killean & Kilchenzie (0.14 miles)
Kilchenzie, ~eccles. Killean & Kilchenzie (0.44 miles)
Kilchenzie, former parish, Killean & Kilchenzie (Kintyre) (0.44 miles)
Kilchenzie, settlement Killean &Kilchenzie (0.44 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the site marked 'chapel' on OS Digimap close to the settlement of Kilmaho. NMRS records that no traves of a chapel are now visible, the foundations having been removed before 1866.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilmaho, settlement Killean & Kilchenzie
Adjacent Tobar Macha, Killean & Kilchenzie
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmaho
Head name
Kilmaho
Place
Kilmaho, ~eccles. Killean & Kilchenzie
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
Kentigern, Mungo, Mo Choe (ns) (maybe)
Kentigern of Glasgow (maybe)
Kentigerna, Caintigern, Mo Cha (ns) (maybe)
Kentigerna of Inchcailleach (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kilmaho, Kilmaho, settlement Killean & Kilchenzie