Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cill Chainnich, eccles. KKV (Iona)
Grid reference
NM 280 240 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
128000 724000
Latitude
56.33015895473736
Longitude
-6.400892342474574
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Teampull Ronain, KKV (Iona) (0.26 miles)
Iona, former parish, KKV (0.26 miles)
Cladh Ronain, KKV (Iona) (0.26 miles)
Cnoc Orain, KKV (Iona) (0.31 miles)
Cnoc Ciarain, hill, KKV (Iona) (0.32 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
'Cill-Chainnich, or Church of Cainnech, a small chapel which stood close to the site of the present Parish Church. The foundations were removed some years ago, and a few tombstones are all that remains to mark the cemetery' (Reeves 1857, 417). The NGR is derived from Reeves's map, facing p. 424.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Iona, former parish, KKV
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cill Chainnich
Head name
Cill Chainnich
Place
Cill Chainnich, eccles. 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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Cil Chainnich 1857, Reeves 1857
Historic formCil Chainnich Head nameCill Chainnich PlaceCill Chainnich, eccles. 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
Saints in this place-name
Cainnech, Kenneth (ns) (certain)
Cainnech m. Luigthig of Aghaboe (probable)
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