Kilquockadale, ~eccles., Kirkcowan

Grid reference

NX 290 670 (assumed location)

Six-figure easting & northing

229000 567000

Latitude

54.96815715332137

Longitude

-4.671662451068902

County

Wigtownshire

Nearby places

Drumabrennan, settlement, Kirkcowan (0.19 miles)

Kilquockadale, settlement, Kirkcowan (1.93 miles)

Bardonachie, hill, Kirkcowan (2.98 miles)

Kirkcalla, ~eccles. Penninghame (4.65 miles)

Kirkcowan, settlement, Kirkcowan (4.7 miles)

Object Classification

Ecclesiastical
hypothetical

Notes

The existence of a chapel of this name is inferred from the name of the settlement, Kilquockadale. NMRS records: 'Kilquhockadale (applies to a farm at NX292677): 'valley of Cuaca's church'. Cuaca is a woman's name. If the suffixed -dale is directly derived from the Norse dalr, the commemoration may antedate the Viking period. J MacQueen 1973.' However, it is by no means certain that the name Kilquockadale contains Gaelic 'cill', as implied by MacQueen, nor that the name refers to a saint.

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Relationships with other parishes

Within Kirkcowan, parish