Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Columba's Chapel, Eilean Chaluim Cille, Kilmallie
Grid reference
NN 159 888 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
215900 788800
Latitude
56.95390163919555
Longitude
-5.027681712351675
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Eilean Chaluim Cille, Kilmallie (0 miles)
Kilmonivaig, parish (3.22 miles)
Kilmonivaig, eccles. Kilmonivaig (3.22 miles)
Kilmonivaig, settlement Kilmonivaig (3.45 miles)
Fintaig Water, Kilmonivaig (6.07 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On an island in Loch Arkaik. NMRS records its use in the seventeenth century. Parts of the wall still standing and the remains of a doorway, surrounded by a graveyard.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilmallie, parish INV
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Columba's Chapel
Head name
St Columba's Chapel
Place
St Columba's Chapel, Eilean Chaluim Cille, Kilmallie
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
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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