Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilphin, settlement, Ballantrae
Grid reference
NX 100 800 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
210000 580000
Latitude
55.07795490163723
Longitude
-4.97673188265582
County
Ayrshire
Nearby places
Kilwhannel, ~eccles. Ballantrae (0.88 miles)
Kilwhannel, settlement, Ballantrae (0.92 miles)
Kilantringan, settlement, Ballantrae (0.97 miles)
Kilantringan, ~eccles., Ballantrae (0.97 miles)
Lady Knowe, Ballantrae (1.36 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Notes
The farm of Kilphin is shown on OS Maps divided into High Kilphin and Laigh Kilphin. The maps also show Kilphin Bridge nearby.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilphin
Head name
Kilphin
Place
Kilphin, settlement, Ballantrae
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKilfene Head nameKilphin PlaceKilphin, settlement, Ballantrae Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1196 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 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
Saints in this place-name
Findbarr, Bairrfind, Bairre, Uinniau, Finnén etc (ns) (maybe) Suggested by Watson 1926, 189
Finnian m. Cairpre of Moville (maybe)
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