Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Colm's Kirk, Walls & Flotta (Orkney)
Grid reference
ND 334 895 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333400 989500
Latitude
58.78829561046709
Longitude
-3.152306049932352
County
Orkney
Nearby places
Walls, former parish, Walls & Flotta (Ork) (0 miles)
Flotta, former parish, Walls & Flotta (Orkney) (2.94 miles)
Walls and Flotta, modern parish (3.14 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Swona, South Ronaldsay (4.5 miles)
St John's Geo, South Ronaldsay (6.19 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records a chapel and burila ground, removed in 1887 when 'the foundations remaining were thrown out on to the beach'. An early medieval cross slab ('of Celtic design') was found at the site. No trace remains of the chapel save for a platform.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Colms Kirk
Head name
St Colms Kirk
Place
St Colm's Kirk, Walls & Flotta (Orkney)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Sancti Columbe 1545, RMS
Historic formSancti Columbe Head nameSt Colms Kirk PlaceSt Colm's Kirk, Walls & Flotta (Orkney) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 3102 Date of citation1545 x 1545 Feature named in sourcerectory Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
S. Colms K. 1654, Blaeu
Historic formS. Colms K. Head nameSt Colms Kirk PlaceSt Colm's Kirk, Walls & Flotta (Orkney) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Orkney and Shetland Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)
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