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Loch Columkille, Portree (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 485 430 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
148500 843000
Latitude
57.40785899588771
Longitude
-6.187934804661966
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Portree, modern parish (Skye) (0.36 miles)
Eilean Chaluim-chille, Portree (Skye) (0.5 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, Portree (Skye) (0.56 miles)
Kiltaraglen, ~eccles. Portree (Skye) (0.69 miles)
Kiltaraglen, settlement Portree (Skye) (0.75 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Water
Notes
Reeves 1857, 139: 'Proceeding southwards we reach Portree, the inner bay of which, NW of the town, was formerly called Loch Columkille.'
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Eilean Chaluim-chille, Portree (Skye)
Adjacent St Columba's Chapel, Portree (Skye)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Loch Columkille
Head name
Loch Columkille
Place
Loch Columkille, Portree (Skye)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Loch Cholumbkill 1654, Blaeu
Historic formLoch Cholumbkill Head nameLoch Columkille PlaceLoch Columkille, Portree (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceBlaeu, Skye Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Loch Columkille 1857, Reeves 1857
Historic formLoch Columkille Head nameLoch Columkille PlaceLoch Columkille, 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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