Saints in Scottish Place-Names

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

Adjacent Soweconnell, Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, Mull

Names

Achonnail

Achonnail 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

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).