Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Assind's Chapel, Bracadale (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 355 388 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
135500 838800
Latitude
57.36286833279828
Longitude
-6.39918187903675
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Bracadale, parish (0 miles)
Cnoc Mhàirtein, Bracadale (Skye) (1.62 miles)
Loch Connan, Bracadale (Skye) (3.27 miles)
St John's Chapel, Bracadale (Skye) (4.34 miles)
St Columba's Church, Snizort (Skye) (7.17 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
All that remains are 'turf-covered foundations'. Medieval grave slabs are found in the churchyard (NMRS).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Assind's Chapel
Head name
St Assind's Chapel
Place
St Assind's Chapel, Bracadale (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
Saints in this place-name
Assind (ns) (certain)
Assind (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
