Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Pollphail, settlement, Kilfinan, Cowal
Grid reference
NR 932 689 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
193200 668900
Latitude
55.868841857859316
Longitude
-5.305628966897902
Altitude (metres)
24
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilbride Farm, Kilfinan (Cowal) (1.79 miles)
Kilbride, ~eccles. Kilfinan (Cowal) (1.85 miles)
Kilbride Bay, Kilfinan (2.28 miles)
Ardmarnock House, Kilfinan (2.62 miles)
St Marnock's Chapel, Kilfinan (2.66 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Now Pollphail Village (a deserted village built in 1970s for unrealised industrial activity), it was a small settlement at time of OS 6" 1st edn. The name presumably initially applied to the small bay (poll) on which is sits. Nearby is Cnoc Pollphail, on which is an early medieval chapel with no known name.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilfinan, parish ARG (Cowal)
Within Kilfinan, parish ARG (Cowal)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Pollphail
Head name
Pollphail
Place
Pollphail, settlement, Kilfinan, Cowal
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Pollphail 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formPollphail Head namePollphail PlacePollphail, settlement, Kilfinan, Cowal Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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.
