Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Achonnail, Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon (Mull)
Grid reference
NM 485 302 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
148500 730200
Latitude
56.39704937125722
Longitude
-6.0761267263554215
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Soweconnell, Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, Mull (0.94 miles)
Kilfinichen, settlement KKV (Mull) (1.29 miles)
Kilfinichen, eccles. KKV (Mull) (1.31 miles)
Kilfinichen, former parish KKV (1.31 miles)
Tiroran, Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon (Mull) (1.47 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Shown as a cluster of unroofed buildings on OS 6 inch, not on modern maps. It is close to the point where the road up the glen crosses over a burn called Allt a' Mhuchaidh. The site is now covered in commercial tree plantation.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, modern parish
Within Kilvickeon, former parish KKV (Mull)
Within Kilvickeon, former parish KKV (Mull) (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Achonnail
Head name
Achonnail
Place
Achonnail, Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon (Mull)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Achonnail 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formAchonnail Head nameAchonnail PlaceAchonnail, Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon (Mull) 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.
Saints in this place-name
Conall, Conual, Conval, Cynfal (ns) (maybe) A saint commemoration here is worth consideration given the possibility that the first element here is 'ath', Gaelic for ford (found elsewhere in association with saints), and that it is less than a mile from Soweconnell, which may contain the element 'suidhe', Gaelic for seat (also associated elsewhere with saints).