Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cairn Connell, Kirkcolm
Grid reference
NX 010 670 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
201000 567000
Latitude
54.9577685538334
Longitude
-5.108460911488265
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kirminnoch, settlement, Kirkcolm (0.59 miles)
Loch Connell, Kirkcolm (0.83 miles)
Killiemacuddican, settlement, Kirkcolm (1.06 miles)
Killiemacuddican, ~eccles., Kirkcolm (1.1 miles)
Knockbennan, hill, Kirkcolm (1.31 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The grid reference is for Cairn Connell Hill on OS Digimap. The original Cairn Connell was presumably the name of this hill, or a feature on the hill. The name survives only in Cairn Connell Hill.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkcolm, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Loch Connell, Kirkcolm
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cairn Connell
Head name
Cairn Connell
Place
Cairn Connell, Kirkcolm
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Karn Konnell 1654, Blaeu
Historic formKarn Konnell Head nameCairn Connell PlaceCairn Connell, Kirkcolm Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Western Galloway Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Conall, Conual, Conval, Cynfal (ns) (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Same specific as Loch Connell, Loch Connell, Kirkcolm
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
