Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Cill Bhride, eccl. KDO (Islay)

Grid reference

NR 384 464 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

138400 646400

Latitude

55.64058728142823

Longitude

-6.157711885994224

Altitude (metres)

45

County

Argyllshire

Nearby places

Kilbride, settlement KDO (Islay) (0.2 miles)

Kilbride River, KDO (Islay) (0.2 miles)

Torr Math Laoruinn, KDO (Islay) (0.69 miles)

Cill Tobar Lasrach, KDO (Islay) (0.81 miles)

Cill Luchaig, cemetery? KDO (Islay) (0.83 miles)

Object Classification

Antiquity

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

The remains of the probably seventeenth-century building are described by NMRS. But this is probably on the site of a much earlier church, as evidenced by the survivial of an early medieval cross-marked slab from this site which is now in the National Museum of Scotland (NMS X.IB 194) (Fisher 2001, 137) 'Tobar an t-Sagairt', the Well of the Priest, lies on the south side of the burial ground (OS 6 inch 1st edn)

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/

Relationships with other parishes

Within Kildalton & Oa, parish, Kildalton (Islay)

Relationships with other places

Adjacent Kilbride River, KDO (Islay)

Adjacent Kilbride, settlement KDO (Islay)

Names

Cill Bhride

Cill Bhride 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

cill, G, 'church'

Bride, Sc

Saints in this place-name

Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)

Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)

Relationships with other place names

Name is part of Kilbride River, Kilbride River, KDO (Islay)