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Abertarff, former parish, Boleskine & Abertarff
Grid reference
NH 370 080 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
237000 808000
Latitude
57.13412253772036
Longitude
-4.693585516694531
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
St Peter's Chapel, Boleskine & Abertarff (0.31 miles)
Cille Chuimein, eccles., Boleskine & Abertarff (0.5 miles)
Rubha Chaluim, Kilmonivaig (4.75 miles)
Suidhe Chuimein, Boleskine & Abertarff (5.13 miles)
Creagan Mhàrtainn, Boleskine and Abertarff (5.94 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Notes
The NGR given is for the area around Cill Chuimin, at the mouth (or Aber) of the River Tarff. Three long cists were also found across the river at NH379089 (Canmore ID 12209).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Abertarff part of Boleskine & Abertarff BAF
Parish TLA
AFX
Medieval diocese
Moray
Parish notes
Granted to Beauly Priory by William Bisset in 1231 (Beauly Chrs. no. 2).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Abertarff
Head name
Abertarff
Place
Abertarff, former parish, Boleskine & Abertarff
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Aberterth 1231, Beauly Chrs.
Historic formAberterth Head nameAbertarff PlaceAbertarff, former parish, Boleskine & Abertarff Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBeauly Chrs., no. 2 Feature named in sourceecclesiam de |
Source code
Beauly Chrs.
Author
E. Chisholm Batten
Source title
The Charters of the Priory of Beauly
Series
Grampian Club
Year
1877
Abbertherff 1340, NLS Adv.MS.35.2.4
Historic formAbbertherff Head nameAbertarff PlaceAbertarff, former parish, Boleskine & Abertarff Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNLS Adv.MS.35.2.4, ii fo. 221v no. 13 Feature named in sourceJohannes dictus de Urchard perpetuus vicarius de Notes on the context of this place-name2 volumes of copies of Scottish charters made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane. Although lettered as vols. i and ii of the same collection, they are different in layout and character and are written by different hands. Only those charters the present location of whose originals is unknown are indexed in detail. Vol. ii is called Diplomatum Collectio. |
Source code
NLS Adv.MS.35.2.4
Author
Walter Macfarlane et al.
Volume
i and ii
Year
18th c.
Notes
2 volumes of copies of Scottish charters made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane. Although lettered as vols. i and ii of the same collection, they are different in layout and character and are written by different hands. Only those charters the present location of whose originals is unknown are indexed in detail. Vol. ii is called Diplomatum Collectio.
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