Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
St Moluag's Church, Barvas (Lewis)
Grid reference
NB 519 651 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
151900 965100
Latitude
58.50360170593803
Longitude
-6.259448447187788
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
Ness, former parish, Barvas (Lewis) (0 miles)
St Ronan's Well, Barvas (Lewis) (0.09 miles)
Teampull Rònaidh, eccles. Barvas (Lewis) (0.22 miles)
Teampull Thòmais, Barvas (Lewis) (1.01 miles)
Teampull Pheadair, Barvas (Lewis) (1.06 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Barvas, parish (Lewis)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Ronan's Well, Barvas (Lewis)
Adjacent Teampull Rònaidh, eccles. Barvas (Lewis)
430 metres
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?St Moluag's Church
Head name
St Moluag's Church
Place
St Moluag's Church, Barvas (Lewis)
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Mulvay's 1797, OSA
Historic formSt Mulvay's Head nameSt Moluag's Church PlaceSt Moluag's Church, Barvas (Lewis) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xix, 270 Date of citation1797 x 1797 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Molveg's Church 2013
Historic formSt Molveg's Church Head nameSt Moluag's Church PlaceSt Moluag's Church, Barvas (Lewis) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation2013 x 2013 |
St Molveg's Church 2013
Historic formSt Molveg's Church Head nameSt Moluag's Church PlaceSt Moluag's Church, Barvas (Lewis) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation2013 x 2013 |
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
St Molveg's Church 2013
Historic formSt Molveg's Church Head nameSt Moluag's Church PlaceSt Moluag's Church, Barvas (Lewis) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation2013 x 2013 |
Saints in this place-name
Lugaid, Mo Lua, Mo Luóc (ns) (certain)
Mo Luóc m. Luchta of Lismore (certain)
Teampull Mholuaidh
Head name
Teampull Mholuaidh
Place
St Moluag's Church, Barvas (Lewis)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Teampull fo' Luith 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formTeampull fo' Luith Head nameTeampull Mholuaidh PlaceSt Moluag's Church, Barvas (Lewis) 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.
Saints in this place-name
Lugaid, Mo Lua, Mo Luóc (ns) (certain)
Mo Luóc m. Luchta of Lismore (certain)
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
