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Tobar Challuim-chille, Jura (Jura)
Grid reference
NR 610 821 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
161000 682100
Latitude
55.972310279536245
Longitude
-5.830804966182768
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Cill Challuim-chille, eccl. Jura (0.09 miles)
Carn Mhic Eoghainn, Jura (1.9 miles)
Kilchianaig, eccl. Jura (3.7 miles)
Cill Moccu Chormaic, eccles. North Knapdale (5.05 miles)
North Knapdale, parish, aka Kilmacocharmik (5.11 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records this as a spring in a cleft in the rock at the foot of a cliff. NMRS also cites a suggestion made in 1978 that this was also known as Our Lady's Well. This is unlikely. The suggestion is probably made on the basis of 'O.L. Weel' shown on Mercator's map of Southern Scotland (1595), and 'Or Lady Well' on his 'Scotia Regnum' map of the same year; but that name is attached to a site on the WEST side of Jura, and so is unlikely to be an alternative name for Tobar Challuim-chille, which is on the east side of the island.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Cill Challuim-chille, eccl. Jura
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tobar Challuim-chille
Head name
Tobar Challuim-chille
Place
Tobar Challuim-chille, Jura (Jura)
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
Tobar Challuim-chille 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formTobar Challuim-chille Head nameTobar Challuim-chille PlaceTobar Challuim-chille, Jura (Jura) 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.
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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