Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Inchkenneth, former parish, KKV
Grid reference
NM 437 354 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
143700 735400
Latitude
56.44107155784274
Longitude
-6.158782707164226
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
St Cainneach's Chapel, KKV (Inchkenneth) (0 miles)
Inchkenneth, island KKV Mull (0.19 miles)
Uamh Beathaig, KKV (Mull) (1.72 miles)
Suidhe Choluimcille, KKV (Mull) (2.06 miles)
Cille Mhic Eoghainn, KKE (Ulva, Mull) (3.35 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the site on Inchkenneth island, q.v. Monro reports (Description, 500): 'a paroch kirk, the maist of the parochin being upon the mayne shoar of Mull, being only ane half myle distant from the said ile, and the haill parochin of it pertains to the prioress of Colmkill.' 'The old parish of Inchkenneth included the island of that name, the island of Eorsa, and a small portion of the peninsula of Mull named Ardmanach, off the north coast of which the islands lie' (OPS ii, 1, 316).
Relationships with other parishes
Parish details
Inchkenneth now part of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon KKV
Parish TLA
IKX
Medieval diocese
Isles
Parish notes
It belonged to the nunnery of Iona (OPS ii, 1, 316)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Inchkenneth
Head name
Inchkenneth
Place
Inchkenneth, former parish, KKV
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
Inch Kenzie 1549, Monro, Description
Historic formInch Kenzie Head nameInchkenneth PlaceInchkenneth, former parish, KKV Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMonro, Description, 500 Date of citation1549 x 1549 Notes on the context of this place-nameFull title of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'. |
Source code
Monro, Description
Author
Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles
Source title
Monro's Western Isles of Scotland
Editors
R. W. Munro
Year
1961
Notes
Full title of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'.
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Inchkenneth, Inchkenneth, island KKV Mull
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