Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Comar, former parish, Kiltarlity & Convinth
Grid reference
NH 334 306 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
233400 830600
Latitude
57.335633593900006
Longitude
-4.768162374096561
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Clachan Comair, Kiltarlity & Convinth (0 miles)
Sputan Bhàin, Kiltarlity & Convinth (0.06 miles)
Kilbaddy, settlement, Kiltarlity & Convinth (0.45 miles)
Our Lady and St Bean's Chapel, Kilmorack (0.81 miles)
Cladh Churadáin, eccles. Urquhart & Glenmoriston (2.63 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for Clachan Comar, locally thought to be the site of the parish kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Contains Clachan Comair, Kiltarlity & Convinth
Contains Sputan Bhàin, Kiltarlity & Convinth
Parish TLA
CXM
Medieval diocese
Moray
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Comar
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Comar
Place
Comar, former parish, Kiltarlity & Convinth
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Cumer 1560, Assumption
Historic formCumer This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameComar PlaceComar, former parish, Kiltarlity & Convinth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 649 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Associated person or bodyBeauly Priory Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
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