Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilbreni, settlement, Kiltarlity & Convinth
Grid reference
NH 500 430 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
250000 843000
Latitude
57.45268792916794
Longitude
-4.500228471553425
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Kilbreni, ~eccles. Kiltarlity and Convinth (0 miles)
Kiltarlity, former parish, K & Convinth (0.59 miles)
Kiltarlity, eccles. Kiltarlity & Convinth (0.59 miles)
Kiltarlity Cottage, settlement, Kiltarlity (0.62 miles)
Kilmorack, parish (0.86 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR given is for Beaufort Castle, which our reference in 1536 suggests is the main centre of 'Kilbreni'.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilbreni
Head name
Kilbreni
Place
Kilbreni, settlement, Kiltarlity & Convinth
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKilbreni Head nameKilbreni PlaceKilbreni, settlement, Kiltarlity & Convinth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1601 Date of citation1536 x 1536 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
Historic formKilbrne Head nameKilbreni PlaceKilbreni, settlement, Kiltarlity & Convinth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 1958 Date of citation1539 x 1539 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
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