Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cillchriosd, eccles., KKE (Mull)
Grid reference
NM 376 534 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
137600 753400
Latitude
56.599001571888536
Longitude
-6.27561177925624
Altitude (metres)
40
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Cillchriosd, settlement KKE (Mull) (0.14 miles)
Allt Cill da Bhidhe, KKE (Mull) (0.61 miles)
Cill da Bhidhe, eccles. KKE (Mull) (0.9 miles)
Cill da Bhidhe, settlement, KKE (Mull) (1 miles)
Kilmaluig, eccles., KKE (Mull) (3.14 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records that local inhabitants in 1974 identified a level platform about 100m SE of Chillchriosd farmhouse as the site of a burial ground, where a dry-stone wall encloses a roughly circular area.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cillchriosd
Head name
Cillchriosd
Place
Cillchriosd, eccles., KKE (Mull)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Saints in this place-name
Christ (certain)
Christ (ns) (certain)
Christ (certain)
Christ (ns) (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Cillchriosd, Cillchriosd, settlement KKE (Mull)
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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