Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tobar Chattan, Colonsay parish
Grid reference
NR 363 949 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
136300 694900
Latitude
56.074093149365666
Longitude
-6.238118796595356
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Lower Kilchattan, settlement, Colonsay (0.06 miles)
Colonsay & Oronsay, parish, aka Kilchattan (0.09 miles)
Kilchattan, eccles. COO (Colonsay) (0.09 miles)
Upper Kilchattan, settlement Colonsay (0.5 miles)
Cill Mhoire, eccl. COO (Colonsay) (1 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS locates the well 'on the croft of Druim Clach (NR 364 948) in the face of the bank opposite Kilchattan Church. A dry hollow at NR 3637 9497 probably represents the site of the well.'
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilchattan, eccles. COO (Colonsay)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tobar Chattan
Head name
Tobar Chattan
Place
Tobar Chattan, Colonsay parish
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Saints in this place-name
Cattán (ns) (certain)
Cattán of Bute (certain)
Cattán m. Matáin (maybe)
Place-name data
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