Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Croit Mo-Chrostain, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
Grid reference
NH 490 280 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
249000 828000
Latitude
57.31772989564762
Longitude
-4.507665421260417
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Pitkerrald, Urquhart & Glenmoristone (1.36 miles)
Urquhart & Glenmoriston, parish (1.39 miles)
Kilmichael House, Urquhart & Glenmoriston (1.64 miles)
Kilmichael, eccles. Urquhart & Glenmoriston (1.64 miles)
Urquhart, former parish, Urquhart & Glenmoriston (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Said by Mackinlay (1914) to lie to the west of Balmacaan House, whence the NGR given.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Croit Mo-Chrostain
Head name
Croit Mo-Chrostain
Place
Croit Mo-Chrostain, Urquhart & Glenmoriston
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Croit-mo-Chrostain 1914, MacKinlay 1914
Historic formCroit-mo-Chrostain Head nameCroit Mo-Chrostain PlaceCroit Mo-Chrostain, Urquhart & Glenmoriston Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMacKinlay 1914 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
Place-name data
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