Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Donan's Chapel, Loch Carron
Grid reference
NG 830 405 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
183000 840500
Latitude
57.40321359594268
Longitude
-5.612642909911311
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
St Maolrubha's Church, ~eccles. Lochcarron (5.22 miles)
Lochcarron, parish (5.22 miles)
Clachan Mulruy, Lochcarron (5.22 miles)
Loch Anna, Lochalsh (7.59 miles)
Kilvoury, settlement, Applecross (7.74 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records the turf-covered foundation in a pentagonal burial ground, with a cross-marked pillar-stone and a small knocking stone. Watson 1904, 193: the moothill here is 'Cnoc a' mhòid'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lochcarron, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Seipeil Donnain
Head name
Seipeil Donnain
Place
St Donan's Chapel, Loch Carron
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Seipeal Donnain 1904, Watson 1904
Historic formSeipeal Donnain Head nameSeipeil Donnain PlaceSt Donan's Chapel, Loch Carron Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceWatson 1904, 193 Notes on the context of this place-namereprinted in paperback 1996 by Highland Heritage Books, price £10.99 |
Source code
Watson 1904
Author
W. J. Watson
Source title
Place-Names of Ross and Cromarty
Year
1904
Notes
reprinted in paperback 1996 by Highland Heritage Books, price £10.99
Saints in this place-name
Donnán (ns) (certain)
Donnán of Eigg (probable)
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