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Eilean Chaluim-chille, Portree (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 485 422 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
148500 842200
Latitude
57.40069121897871
Longitude
-6.18711565733004
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
St Columba's Chapel, Portree (Skye) (0.06 miles)
Loch Columkille, Portree (Skye) (0.5 miles)
Portree, modern parish (Skye) (0.83 miles)
Kiltaraglen, ~eccles. Portree (Skye) (1.16 miles)
Kiltaraglen, settlement Portree (Skye) (1.22 miles)
Object Classification
Island
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Portree, modern parish (Skye)
Within Portree, modern parish (Skye)
Adjacent Snizort, parish (Skye) (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Loch Columkille, Portree (Skye)
Adjacent St Columba's Chapel, Portree (Skye)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Eilean Chaluim-chille
Head name
Eilean Chaluim-chille
Place
Eilean Chaluim-chille, Portree (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
Yl. Loch Cholumbkil 1590, Blaeu
Historic formYl. Loch Cholumbkil Head nameEilean Chaluim-chille PlaceEilean Chaluim-chille, Portree (Skye) SourceBlaeu, The Yle of Skye Date of citation1590 x 1654 Feature named in sourceisland |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Eilean Chaluim-chille 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formEilean Chaluim-chille Head nameEilean Chaluim-chille PlaceEilean Chaluim-chille, Portree (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.
Eilean Columkille 1857, Reeves 1857
Historic formEilean Columkille Head nameEilean Chaluim-chille PlaceEilean Chaluim-chille, Portree (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceReeves 1857, 139, n. iii. |
Source code
Reeves 1857
Author
William Reeves
Source title
The Life of St. Columba, Founder of Hy; written by Adamnan, ninth abbot of that monastery
Year
1857
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:
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