Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Donan's Chapel, Chapel Donan, Dailly
Grid reference
NS 195 005 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
219500 600500
Latitude
55.26550685826003
Longitude
-4.841170227770106
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Chapeldonan, settlement, Dailly (0.09 miles)
Lady Well, ~well, Girvan (0.44 miles)
Ladywell, settlement, Girvan (0.5 miles)
Lady Burn, Kirkoswald / Girvan (1.21 miles)
Ladybank, Kirkoswald (1.46 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Chapel Donan
Head name
Chapel Donan
Place
St Donan's Chapel, Chapel Donan, Dailly
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
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
Chapel Donnen 1654, Blaeu
Historic formChapel Donnen Head nameChapel Donan PlaceSt Donan's Chapel, Chapel Donan, Dailly Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Northern Carrick Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Chapel Donan 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formChapel Donan Head nameChapel Donan PlaceSt Donan's Chapel, Chapel Donan, Dailly SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Feature named in sourceremains of chapel 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
Donnán (ns) (certain)
Donnán of Eigg (maybe)
St Donan's Chapel
Head name
St Donan's Chapel
Place
St Donan's Chapel, Chapel Donan, Dailly
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Donnán (ns) (certain)
Donnán of Eigg (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Chapeldonan, Chapeldonan, settlement, Dailly
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:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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