Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kiltaraglen, ~eccles. Portree (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 480 440 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
148000 844000
Latitude
57.416541951084675
Longitude
-6.197261787424412
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Kiltaraglen, settlement Portree (Skye) (0.06 miles)
Portree, modern parish (Skye) (0.33 miles)
Loch Columkille, Portree (Skye) (0.69 miles)
Eilean Chaluim-chille, Portree (Skye) (1.16 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Portree (Skye) (1.22 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records that there is no certain evidence on the ground of this chapel and burial ground, but the cemetery was still in use in the mid-eighteenth century.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Portree, modern parish (Skye)
Within Snizort, parish (Skye)
Within Snizort, parish (Skye) (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kiltaraglen
Head name
Kiltaraglen
Place
Kiltaraglen, ~eccles. Portree (Skye)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Cill Taraghláin 1926, Watson 1926
Historic formCill Taraghláin Head nameKiltaraglen PlaceKiltaraglen, ~eccles. Portree (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceWatson 1926, 298 Date of citation1926 x 1926 |
Source code
Watson 1926
Author
W. J. Watson
Source title
The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland
Year
1926
Saints in this place-name
Talorcan (probable)
Talorcan (ns) (probable)
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