Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Conan's Church, Uig, Snizort (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 390 630 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
139000 863000
Latitude
57.581661801663444
Longitude
-6.366992586604533
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
River Conon, Snizort (Uig,Skye) (0.53 miles)
Uig, former parish, Snizort (Skye) (0.75 miles)
Kilbride, settlement Kilmuir (Skye) (2.08 miles)
Kilbride Point, Kilmuir (Skye) (2.14 miles)
Kilbride, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye) (2.14 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the kirk of the former parish of Uig, which was united to Snizort after the reformation.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Snizort, parish (Skye)
Within Uig, former parish, Snizort (Skye) (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cill Chonnáin
Head name
Cill Chonnáin
Place
St Conan's Church, Uig, Snizort (Skye)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Conn, Connán (ns) (maybe)
Place-name data
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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
