Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmartin, parish
Grid reference
NR 834 988 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
183400 698800
Latitude
56.132719442842784
Longitude
-5.486049743871069
Nearby places
Kilmartin, settlement Kilmartin (0 miles)
Kilmartin, eccles. Kilmartin (0 miles)
Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin (0.22 miles)
Cnoc an Aingil, Glassary (1.59 miles)
Kilbride, eccles., Glassary (1.69 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the parish kirk of Kilmartin, where there are several early and later medieval carved stones. Canmore ID 39532.
Relationships with other places
Contains Kilchoan, ~eccles., Kilmartin
Contains Kilchoan, ~eccles., Kilmartin
Contains Kilchoan, settlement, Kilmartin
Contains Kilmartin Burn, Kilmartin/Kilmichael
Contains Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin
Contains Kilmartin, eccles. Kilmartin
Contains Kilmartin, settlement Kilmartin
Contains Port an Deora, Kilmartin, Argyll
Contains St Columba's Chapel, Kilmartin
Parish TLA
KMR
County
Argyllshire
Medieval diocese
Argyll
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmartin
Head name
Kilmartin
Place
Kilmartin, 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
Killmartin 1678, Highland Papers
Historic formKillmartin Head nameKilmartin PlaceKilmartin, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceHighland Papers, Vol. 2 p92 Date of citation1678 approx x 1678 approx |
MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.
Historic formKilmartin Head nameKilmartin PlaceKilmartin, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, viii, 90 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourceparish |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kilmartin, Kilmartin, eccles. Kilmartin
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
