Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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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.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Gigha & Cara
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Gigha & Cara
Place
Gigha & Cara, parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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