Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sith-Mun, Kilmun, Dunoon & Kilmun
Grid reference
NS 160 820 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
216000 682000
Latitude
55.99564250181481
Longitude
-4.9506816660957265
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilmun, former parish, Dunoon & Kilmun (0.32 miles)
Kilmun, eccles. Dunoon & Kilmun (0.32 miles)
Kilmun, settlement Dunoon & Kilmun (0.59 miles)
St Bride's Well, Dunoon and Kilmun (3.43 miles)
Dunoon, former parish, Dunoon & Kilmun (3.52 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OSA (1792): 'To Dunoon, the parish of Kilmun is annexed, which is evidently derived from the church or cell, dedicated to St Mun. His burial place is called Sith-Mhun' (OSA ii, 283). But see Butter 2010, 38 for the possibility that the name originally referred to a Suidhe Mhunge beside Kilmun on Loch Awe and was transferred together with the infancy story to the area of Kilmun in Cowal.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunoon & Kilmun, modern parish
Within Kilmun, former parish, Dunoon & Kilmun (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sith-Mun
Head name
Sith-Mun
Place
Sith-Mun, Kilmun, Dunoon & Kilmun
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Historic formSith-Mhun Head nameSith-Mun PlaceSith-Mun, Kilmun, Dunoon & Kilmun Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, ii, 383 Date of citation1792 x 1792 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Sith-Mun 1914, MacKinlay 1914
Historic formSith-Mun Head nameSith-Mun PlaceSith-Mun, Kilmun, Dunoon & Kilmun Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMacKinlay 1914, 71 Date of citation1914 x 1914 Notes on the context of this place-nameSometimes abbreviated ACDS:NS |
Source code
MacKinlay 1914
Author
J. M. MacKinlay
Source title
Ancient Church Dedications in Scotland: Non-scriptural
Year
1914
Notes
Sometimes abbreviated ACDS:NS
Saints in this place-name
Fintan, Munnu (ns) (certain)
Munnu m. Tulcháin (certain)
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