Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilnaughtan, eccles. KDO (Islay)
Grid reference
NR 344 452 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
134400 645200
Latitude
55.6276652852642
Longitude
-6.219935518530567
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilnaughton, settlement KDO (Islay) (0.09 miles)
Creag Neachtain, KDO (Islay) (0.12 miles)
Cill Tobar Lasrach, KDO (Islay) (1.82 miles)
Torr Math Laoruinn, KDO (Islay) (2.17 miles)
Cill Bhride, eccl. KDO (Islay) (2.59 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records this as a late medieval chapel, with several sculptured slabs of probable fifteenth-century date.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Creag Neachtain, KDO (Islay)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilnaughton
Head name
Kilnaughton
Place
Kilnaughtan, eccles. KDO (Islay)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Kilnathan 1630, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formKilnathan Head nameKilnaughton PlaceKilnaughtan, eccles. KDO (Islay) SourceGeog. Coll. II, 189 Date of citation1630 x 1630 Feature named in sourceparish church |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Kilnaughtan 1794, OSA
Historic formKilnaughtan Head nameKilnaughton PlaceKilnaughtan, eccles. KDO (Islay) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xi, 295 Date of citation1794 x 1794 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Nechtan, Nathalan (ns) (certain)
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