Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mirren's Chapel, Kilmaronock
Grid reference
NS 379 871 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
237900 687100
Latitude
56.049321702020926
Longitude
-4.6030010139977975
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Dunbartonshire
Nearby places
Inchmurrin, Kilmaronock (0.31 miles)
Carn Ma-Cheasoig, Luss (2.22 miles)
Inchmoan, Luss (2.24 miles)
St Kessog's Chapel, Kilmaronock (2.54 miles)
Killdavie, eccles. Buchanan (2.77 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A chapel was recorded here 'now in ruins' in 1850, when it was 'still known as St Mirren's chapel' (OPS i, 35) OS Name Book recorded in 1859, however: 'There are now no traces of any building, nor does any person in the neighbourhood recollect seeing any. An investigation in 1995 reported at NS 3801 8719 a 'stone revetted platform, Burial Ground' (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilmaronock, parish
Relationships with other places
Within Inchmurrin, Kilmaronock
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mirren's Chapel
Head name
St Mirren's Chapel
Place
St Mirren's Chapel, Kilmaronock
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Chappell of St. Mirren 1724, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formChappell of St. Mirren Head nameSt Mirren's Chapel PlaceSt Mirren's Chapel, Kilmaronock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 345 Date of citation1724 x 1724 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
St Mirren's Chapel 1850, OPS
Historic formSt Mirren's Chapel Head nameSt Mirren's Chapel PlaceSt Mirren's Chapel, Kilmaronock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOPS, i, 35 Date of citation1850 x 1850 Feature named in sourcechapel Notes on the context of this place-name3 vols., but called vols. 1 and 2, with 2 consisteing of 2 parts. See Barrow 1998, 54-5 in Taylor 1998. |
Source code
OPS
Author
C. Innes and J. Brichan
Source title
Origines Parochiales Scotiae
Series
Bannatyne Club
Volume
I & II1 & 2.
Year
1851-5
Notes
3 vols., but called vols. 1 and 2, with 2 consisteing of 2 parts. See Barrow 1998, 54-5 in Taylor 1998.
Saints in this place-name
Mirren, Muirenn (ns) (certain)
Mirren of Paisley (maybe)
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