Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Grid reference

NR 730 200 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

173000 620000

Latitude

55.42119914711067

Longitude

-5.587466603035307

County

Argyllshire

Nearby places

Islachattan, Campbeltown (0.26 miles)

Kilkerran, former parish Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0.45 miles)

Kilkerran, settlemt, Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0.45 miles)

Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0.45 miles)

St John Street, Campbeltown (0.69 miles)

Object Classification

Water

Is linear feature?

Notes

Loch Kilkerran is the former name of OS Campbeltown Loch,and refers to the old church of Kilkerran on its southern shore.

Relationships with other parishes

Within Campbeltown, modern parish

Names

1 head-name linked to this place

Loch Kilkerran

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Obsolete

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Yes

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Lochkilkerane 1423, RMS

Historic form

Lochkilkerane

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RMS, ii no. 3170

Date of citation

1423 x 1508

Feature named in source

loch

Notes on the context of this place-name

Reprinted 1984

Source code

RMS

Source title

Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)

Editors

J.M.Thomson et al.

Volume

1-11

Year

1882-1914

Notes

Reprinted 1984

Loch Kilkeren 1596, Highland Papers

Historic form

Loch Kilkeren

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Highland Papers, vol. 3 p72

Date of citation

1596 x 1596

MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.

Loch Kilcarran 1605, Highland Papers

Historic form

Loch Kilcarran

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Highland Papers, vol. 3 p79

Date of citation

1605 x 1605

MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.

Loch Kilcheren 1615, Highland Papers

Historic form

Loch Kilcheren

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Highland Papers, vol. 3 p296

Date of citation

1615 x 1615

MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.

Loch Kerrane 1615, Highland Papers

Historic form

Loch Kerrane

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Highland Papers, vol. 3 p228

Date of citation

1615 approx x 1615 approx

After name

Lochryand

MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.

Logh of Kilkerrane 1630, Geog. Coll. II

Historic form

Logh of Kilkerrane

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Geog. Coll. II, 186

Date of citation

1630 x 1630

Source code

Geog. Coll. II

Source title

Macfarlane's Geographical Collections

Editors

Arthur Mitchell (Sir)

Series

Scottish History Society

Volume

2 of 3

Loch Kilkeran 1654, Blaeu

Historic form

Loch Kilkeran

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Blaeu, Kintyre

Date of citation

1654 x 1654

Feature named in source

loch

Source code

Blaeu

Source title

Atlas Novus

Editors

and publisher: Johan Blaeu

Year

1654

Loch of Kilkerran 1794, OSA

Historic form

Loch of Kilkerran

Head name

Loch Kilkerran

Place

Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OSA, x, 518

Date of citation

1794 x 1794

Source code

OSA

Source title

Old Statistical Account

Relationships with other place names

Name contains Kilkerran, Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)

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Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre)

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