Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmartin, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 487 668 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
148700 866800
Latitude
57.62120457546641
Longitude
-6.2091423407152195
Altitude (metres)
45
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Kilena, eccl. Kilmuir (Skye) (3.21 miles)
Kilmaluag, settlement Kilmuir/Skye (5.74 miles)
Uig, former parish, Snizort (Skye) (5.76 miles)
Kilmaluag River, Kilmuir/Skye (5.84 miles)
Kilmuir, parish, formerly Kilmaluag (Skye) (5.91 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Monro noted (1549) 'the water of Killmartine' which presumably flowed nearby (Description no. 132). The name is now that of a graveyard, but there seems also to have been a chapel here, as was reported to the surveyors of the OS Name Book in the nineteenth century (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilmartin River, Kilmuir (Skye)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmartin
Head name
Kilmartin
Place
Kilmartin, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye)
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
Historic formKilmartin Head nameKilmartin PlaceKilmartin, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceBlaeu, Hebrides Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Kilmartin 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKilmartin Head nameKilmartin PlaceKilmartin, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye) 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.
Saints in this place-name
Martin (ns) (certain)
Martin of Tours (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Name is part of Kilmartin River, Kilmartin River, Kilmuir (Skye)
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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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