Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
Suidhe Choluimcille, KKV (Mull)
Grid reference
NM 460 330 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
146000 733000
Latitude
56.42080636130551
Longitude
-6.119241813904161
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Uamh Beathaig, KKV (Mull) (1.07 miles)
Soweconnell, Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, Mull (1.96 miles)
Inchkenneth, former parish, KKV (2.06 miles)
St Cainneach's Chapel, KKV (Inchkenneth) (2.06 miles)
Inchkenneth, island KKV Mull (2.2 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
In 1654 Blaeu (Mula Insula) shows Suy Cholumbkil at about the NGR given above, beside a settlement-symbol.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Suy Cholumbkil
Head name
Suy Cholumbkil
Place
Suidhe Choluimcille, KKV (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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Suy Cholumbkil 1654, Blaeu
Historic formSuy Cholumbkil Head nameSuy Cholumbkil PlaceSuidhe Choluimcille, KKV (Mull) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Mula Insula Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
