Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilkerran, former parish Campbeltown (Kintyre)
Grid reference
NR 728 193 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
172800 619300
Latitude
55.41482824222282
Longitude
-5.59005023801058
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilkerran, settlemt, Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0 miles)
Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0 miles)
Loch Kilkerran, Campbeltown (Kintyre) (0.45 miles)
Islachattan, Campbeltown (0.71 miles)
St John Street, Campbeltown (0.79 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for ruined church of Kilkerran, beside Kilkerran (settlement).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Campbeltown, modern parish
Within Campbeltown, modern parish
Relationships with other places
Contains Kilkerran, ~eccles. Campbeltown (Kintyre)
Contains Kilkerran, settlemt, Campbeltown (Kintyre)
Contains St Ciaran's Cave, Campbeltown
Parish details
Kilkerran now part of Campbelltown CAM
Parish TLA
KXI
Medieval diocese
Argyle
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilkerran
Head name
Kilkerran
Place
Kilkerran, former parish Campbeltown (Kintyre)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kylkeran 1265, Pais. Reg.
Historic formKylkeran Head nameKilkerran PlaceKilkerran, former parish Campbeltown (Kintyre) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePais. Reg., 309 Date of citation1265 x 1469 Feature named in sourceecclesia de Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check]. |
Source code
Pais. Reg.
Source title
Registrum Monasterii de Passelet
Series
Maitland Club
Year
1832
Notes
Also New Club 1877. Syllabus of charters exists published by the Scottish Medievalists 1998 [check].
Kilcharrane 1621, APS
Historic formKilcharrane Head nameKilkerran PlaceKilkerran, former parish Campbeltown (Kintyre) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAPS, 1621/6/17 Date of citation1621 x 1621 |
Source code
APS
Source title
The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland
Editors
T.Thomson & C.Innes
Year
1814-75
Historic formKilkerran Head nameKilkerran PlaceKilkerran, former parish Campbeltown (Kintyre) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, x, 535 n. Date of citation1794 x 1794 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Ciarán m. Beodáin of Clonmacnoise (maybe)
Ciarán m. Luaigne of Saigir (maybe)
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