Gigha & Cara, parish

Grid reference

NR 643 480 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

164300 648000

Latitude

55.66817900898947

Longitude

-5.748486706411161

Nearby places

St Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA (0 miles)

St Cathan's Well, Gigha & Cara (0.06 miles)

Kilchattan, settlement, Gigha GCA (0.19 miles)

St Fionnlugh's Chapel, Gigha & Cara (Cara) (2.3 miles)

Tobar a' Bheathaig, Gigha & Cara (2.55 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR for St Cathan's Church (OS Digimap) alias Kilchattan (OS 6 inch 1st edn), where the remains of a thirteenth-century church survive.

Relationships with other places

Contains Kilchattan, settlement, Gigha GCA

Contains St Cathan's Church/Kilchattan, Gigha GCA

Contains St Cathan's Well, Gigha & Cara

Contains St Cathan's Well, Gigha & Cara

Contains St Fionnlugh's Chapel, Gigha & Cara (Cara)

Contains Tobar a' Bheathaig, Gigha & Cara

Parish details

Gigha and Cara.

Parish TLA

GCA

County

Argyllshire

Medieval diocese

Isles

Parish notes

St Catan aka Kilchattan was the parish kirk of Cara & Gigha. See Cowan 1967 97 under Kilchattan for more details.