Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cill Earnadail, eccles. (Jura)
Grid reference
NR 524 687 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
152400 668700
Latitude
55.84783194111276
Longitude
-5.956017974109248
Altitude (metres)
40
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Jura, parish (aka Killearnadale) (0.37 miles)
Cill Earnadail, settlement, Jura (0.5 miles)
Carragh Chaluim Bhain, Jura (0.66 miles)
Eilean Bhride, Jura (1.96 miles)
Rubha Bhride, Jura (2.36 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records late medieval stones in the graveyard, and evidence that this was once the parish church. Nearby OS maps show Tobar an Easbuig, and the settlement of Keills.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cill Earnadail
Head name
Cill Earnadail
Place
Cill Earnadail, eccles. (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
Kilernadill 1549, Monro, Description
Historic formKilernadill Head nameCill Earnadail PlaceCill Earnadail, eccles. (Jura) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMonro, Description, 489 Notes on the context of this place-nameFull title of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'. |
Source code
Monro, Description
Author
Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles
Source title
Monro's Western Isles of Scotland
Editors
R. W. Munro
Year
1961
Notes
Full title of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'.
Historic formKilaridil Head nameCill Earnadail PlaceCill Earnadail, eccles. (Jura) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Jura Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Kilaridil 1745, Moll, Jura
Historic formKilaridil Head nameCill Earnadail PlaceCill Earnadail, eccles. (Jura) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMoll, Jura Date of citation1745 x 1745 Notes on the context of this place-nameAccessed on-line at www.nls.uk |
Source code
Moll, Jura
Author
Hermann Moll
Source title
The Isle of Jura and Part of Argyllshire
Year
1745
Notes
Accessed on-line at www.nls.uk
Kil-fhearnadail 1791, OSA
Historic formKil-fhearnadail Head nameCill Earnadail PlaceCill Earnadail, eccles. (Jura) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xii, 318 Date of citation1791 x 1799 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Cill Earnadeal 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formCill Earnadeal Head nameCill Earnadail PlaceCill Earnadail, eccles. (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
Ernán, Ernaíne, Mo Ernóc, Marnan (ns) (probable)
Ernán, uncle of Columba (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Cill Earnadaile, Cill Earnadail, settlement, Jura