Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Grid reference

NR 728 193 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

172800 619300

Latitude

55.41482824222282

Longitude

-5.59005023801058

County

Argyllshire

Nearby places

Kilkerran, former parish Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0 miles)

Kilkerran, settlemt, Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0 miles)

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0.45 miles)

Islachattan, Campbeltown (0.71 miles)

St John Street, Campbeltown (0.79 miles)

Object Classification

Antiquity

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

Notes

Some fragmentary remains of the church survived in 1963, but none are now visible. Much of the area where it stood is now covered by graves.

Relationships with other parishes

Within Campbeltown, modern parish

Within Kilkerran, former parish Campbeltown (Kintyre) (formerly)

Relationships with other places

Adjacent Kilkerran, settlemt, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Names

2 head-names linked to this place

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Is this a current OS form? ?

ecclesiam sancti Kerani

Historic form

ecclesiam sancti Kerani

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

ecclesiam sancti Kerani

Historic form

ecclesiam sancti Kerani

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

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

ecclesiam sancti Kerani

Historic form

ecclesiam sancti Kerani

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Ecclesiam Sancti Querani 1247, Pais. Reg.

Historic form

Ecclesiam Sancti Querani

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pais. Reg., 128

Date of citation

1247 x 1249

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Associated person or body

Angus, son of Donald, Lord of Islay

Certainty of identity of person or body

Certain

Source code

Pais. Reg.

Source title

Registrum Monasterii de Passelet

Series

Maitland Club

Year

1832

Notes

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Kelkeran 1253, Pais. Reg.

Historic form

Kelkeran

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pais. Reg., 129

Date of citation

1253 x 1253

Feature named in source

ecclesia de

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Source code

Pais. Reg.

Source title

Registrum Monasterii de Passelet

Series

Maitland Club

Year

1832

Notes

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Ecclesie Sancti Querini 1299, Pais. Reg.

Historic form

Ecclesie Sancti Querini

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pais. Reg., 131

Date of citation

1299 x 1299

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Source code

Pais. Reg.

Source title

Registrum Monasterii de Passelet

Series

Maitland Club

Year

1832

Notes

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Ecclesie Sancti Querani 1299, Pais. Reg.

Historic form

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pais. Reg., 131

Date of citation

1299 x 1299

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Source code

Pais. Reg.

Source title

Registrum Monasterii de Passelet

Series

Maitland Club

Year

1832

Notes

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

ecclesiam sancti Kerani 1436, Acts of the Lords of the Isles

Historic form

ecclesiam sancti Kerani

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Acts of the Lords of the Isles, No. 48

Date of citation

1436 x 1449

Source code

Acts of the Lords of the Isles

Source title

Acts of the Lords of the Isles 1336-1493

Editors

Jean Munro and R. W. Munro

Series

Scottish History Society

Year

1986

Ecclesia sancti Kylkeran 1455, Acts of the Lords of the Isles

Historic form

Ecclesia sancti Kylkeran

Head name

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Acts of the Lords of the Isles, No. 58

Date of citation

1455 approx x 1455 approx

Source code

Acts of the Lords of the Isles

Source title

Acts of the Lords of the Isles 1336-1493

Editors

Jean Munro and R. W. Munro

Series

Scottish History Society

Year

1986

Kilkerran

Head name

Kilkerran

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Hypothetical

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Yes

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Kilchiarane 1210, RMS

Historic form

Kilchiarane

Head name

Kilkerran

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RMS, ii no. 3136

Date of citation

1210 x 1222

Feature named in source

parson

Notes on the context of this place-name

Reprinted 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

Kylkeran 1362, Pais. Reg.

Historic form

Kylkeran

Head name

Kilkerran

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pais. Reg., 147

Date of citation

1362 x 1362

Feature named in source

ecclesia

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Source code

Pais. Reg.

Source title

Registrum Monasterii de Passelet

Series

Maitland Club

Year

1832

Notes

Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].

Keilcheirran 1561, Assumption

Historic form

Keilcheirran

Head name

Kilkerran

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Assumption, 675

Date of citation

1561 x 1561

Feature named in source

parsonage

Associated person or body

Iona Abbey or Abbot

Certainty of identity of person or body

Certain

Source code

Assumption

Source title

The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation

Editors

J. Kirk

Series

Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21

Year

1995

Kilkeaerrane 1630, Geog. Coll. II

Historic form

Kilkeaerrane

Head name

Kilkerran

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Geog. Coll. II, 187

Date of citation

1630 x 1630

Source code

Geog. Coll. II

Source title

Macfarlane's Geographical Collections

Editors

Arthur Mitchell (Sir)

Series

Scottish History Society

Volume

2 of 3

Kikerran 1794, OSA

Historic form

Kikerran

Head name

Kilkerran

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OSA, x, 535

Date of citation

1794 x 1794

Feature named in source

church of

Source code

OSA

Source title

Old Statistical Account

Cil Ciarain 1794, OSA

Historic form

Cil Ciarain

Head name

Kilkerran

Place

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OSA, x, 535

Date of citation

1794 x 1794

Source code

OSA

Source title

Old Statistical Account

Saints in this place-name

Ciarán (ns) (certain)

Relationships with other place names

Name is part of Loch Kilkerran, Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Grid reference

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Latitude

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County

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Object Classification

Is linear feature?

Notes

Relationships with other parishes

Relationships with other places

Names

Ecclesie Sancti Querani

Head name

Place

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Is this a current OS form? ?

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Place

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Place

Author

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Editors

Pages

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Notes on the context of this place-name

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Year

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Certainty that this name applies to this place

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Certainty that this name applies to this place

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