Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
Kilmaho, settlement Killean & Kilchenzie
Grid reference
NR 680 242 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
168000 624200
Latitude
55.45652513667659
Longitude
-5.669804320966207
Altitude (metres)
40
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilmaho, ~eccles. Killean & Kilchenzie (0.14 miles)
Tobar Macha, Killean & Kilchenzie (0.22 miles)
Kilchenzie, ~eccles. Killean & Kilchenzie (0.57 miles)
Kilchenzie, former parish, Killean & Kilchenzie (Kintyre) (0.57 miles)
Kilchenzie, settlement Killean &Kilchenzie (0.57 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The modern settlement of Kilmaho is OS 6 inch 'South Kilmaho'. Further north lay (on OS 6 inch 1st edn) North Kilmaho (NR676247), which no longer exists but lay close to the modern settlement of Wellpark (675248).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilchenzie, former parish, Killean & Kilchenzie (Kintyre) (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Kilmaho
Head name
Kilmaho
Place
Kilmaho, settlement Killean & Kilchenzie
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
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kilmaho, Kilmaho, ~eccles. Killean & Kilchenzie
South Kilmaho
Head name
South Kilmaho
Place
Kilmaho, settlement Killean & Kilchenzie
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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?
No
South Kilmaho 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSouth Kilmaho Head nameSouth Kilmaho PlaceKilmaho, settlement Killean & Kilchenzie 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.
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
