Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Columba's Font, Inverness & Bona
Grid reference
NH 570 347 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
257000 834700
Latitude
57.38044625684918
Longitude
-4.3788309353816866
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Bona, former parish (0.06 miles)
Killianan, settlement Inverness & Bona (0.06 miles)
Killianan, eccles. Inverness & Bona (BAX) (0.09 miles)
Dores, parish (1.86 miles)
Ruighe Uradain, Inverness & Bona (2.87 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It lies by the graveyard & the church of Killianan, Bona (now Inverness & Bona). It is shown simply as 'holed stone' on OS 6 inch 1st edn. NMRS records in 1970 ': St Columba's Font ... in which baptisms have been carried out within living memory. It is not an unfinished mill-stone.'
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Columba's Font
Head name
St Columba's Font
Place
St Columba's Font, Inverness & Bona
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
St Columba's Font 1976, OS 1:10,000
Historic formSt Columba's Font Head nameSt Columba's Font PlaceSt Columba's Font, Inverness & Bona Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 1:10,000 Date of citation1976 x 1976 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis source appears on line on Digimap website. The 1:10,000 map has been through several editions and revisions. The date given when citing early form will identify which version of this map series is being used. |
Source code
OS 1:10,000
Source title
Ordnance Survey Map, 1:10,000 scale
Notes
This source appears on line on Digimap website. The 1:10,000 map has been through several editions and revisions. The date given when citing early form will identify which version of this map series is being used.
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (certain)
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
