Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle
Grid reference
NX 822 577 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
282200 557700
Latitude
54.90003378920743
Longitude
-3.837250246565928
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkennan, settlement, Buittle (0.31 miles)
St Colman Elo's Church, eccles. Buittle (1.6 miles)
Buittle, parish (1.6 miles)
Mary's Pool, Buittle/Urr (1.63 miles)
St Mirran's Well, Kelton (2.12 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The site is on the bank of the Urr Water, which is here the parish boundary. No remains of the church or the graveyard survive, though in the nineteenth century it was recorded that 'there are persons living who remember having seen fragments of human bones and handles of coffins ploughed up' (NMRS citing, OS Name Book 1850).
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kirkennan, settlement, Buittle
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkennan
Head name
Kirkennan
Place
Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Kirkennen 1684, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formKirkennen Head nameKirkennan PlaceKirkennan, eccles, Buittle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 58 Date of citation1684 x 1684 Feature named in sourcekirk |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Kirkennan Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKirkennan Church Head nameKirkennan PlaceKirkennan, eccles, Buittle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Findbarr, Bairrfind, Bairre, Uinniau, Finnén etc (ns) (probable)
Finnian m. Cairpre of Moville (probable)
Finnian m. Findloga of Clonard (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Kirkennan, Kirkennan, settlement, Buittle
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