Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
Allt Cille Pheadair, Kildonan
Grid reference
NC 988 183 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
298800 918300
Latitude
58.14232272510321
Longitude
-3.7191920980047595
County
Sutherland
Nearby places
Kilphedir, ~eccles. Kildonan SUT (0.19 miles)
Kilphedir, settlement in Kildonan (0.19 miles)
St Donan's Seat, Kildonan SUT (1.13 miles)
St John the Baptist's Chapel, Kildonan (2.78 miles)
St John the Baptist's Well, Kildonan (2.84 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The burn flows out into the River Helmsdale at Kilphedir at the NGR given.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Allt Cille Pheadair
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Allt Cille Pheadair
Place
Allt Cille Pheadair, Kildonan
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Allt Cille Pheadair 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formAllt Cille Pheadair This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameAllt Cille Pheadair PlaceAllt Cille Pheadair, Kildonan Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
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
