Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tobar Odhrain, KKV (Iona)
Grid reference
NM 286 243 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
128600 724300
Latitude
56.33319053036452
Longitude
-6.391525910837115
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
St Columba Hotel, KKV (Iona) (0.06 miles)
Reilig Orain, KKV (Iona) (0.09 miles)
St Oran's Chapel, KKV (Iona) (0.09 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, KKV (Iona) (0.09 miles)
St Mary's Abbey / Cathedral (Iona) (0.12 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is derived from Reeves' map of Iona (1857, 424 facing). See also Reeves 1857, 421; NMRS (Canmore ID 21646).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Reilig Orain, KKV (Iona)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tobar Odhrain
Head name
Tobar Odhrain
Place
Tobar Odhrain, KKV (Iona)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Tobar Orain 1857, Reeves 1857
Historic formTobar Orain Head nameTobar Odhrain PlaceTobar Odhrain, KKV (Iona) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceReeves 1857, 421 |
Source code
Reeves 1857
Author
William Reeves
Source title
The Life of St. Columba, Founder of Hy; written by Adamnan, ninth abbot of that monastery
Year
1857
Tobar Odhrain 1857, Reeves 1857
Historic formTobar Odhrain Head nameTobar Odhrain PlaceTobar Odhrain, KKV (Iona) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceReeves 1857, 424 (facing) |
Source code
Reeves 1857
Author
William Reeves
Source title
The Life of St. Columba, Founder of Hy; written by Adamnan, ninth abbot of that monastery
Year
1857
Tobar Odhrain 1910, Hogan, Onomasticon
Historic formTobar Odhrain Head nameTobar Odhrain PlaceTobar Odhrain, KKV (Iona) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHogan, Onomasticon, 640 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted by Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1993. |
Source code
Hogan, Onomasticon
Author
Edmund Hogan
Source title
Onomasticon Goedelicum Locorum et Tribuum Hiberniae et Scotiae: an Index, with Identifications, to the Gaelic Names of Places and Tribes
Year
1910
Notes
Reprinted by Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1993.
Saints in this place-name
Odrán, Oran (ns) (certain)
Odrán of Iona (certain)
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