Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Eas Eonan, Killin
Grid reference
NN 348 217 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
234800 721700
Latitude
56.35882292169614
Longitude
-4.674260706319011
Altitude (metres)
140
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Croiteonan, settlement Killin (0.06 miles)
Strath Fillan, valley, Killin (3.27 miles)
River Fillan, Killin (4.09 miles)
St Fillan's Priory, Killin (4.21 miles)
Strath Fillan, former parish, Killin (4.21 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the place where Eas Eonan enters River Falloch. Note that this is c.1.14 km east of OS Clach na Briton (recte Clach nam Breatann, 'rock of the Britons'), which may have once been a territorial boundary marker.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Croiteonan, settlement Killin
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Eas Eonan
Head name
Eas Eonan
Place
Eas Eonan, Killin
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
Eas Eonan 1867, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formEas Eonan Head nameEas Eonan PlaceEas Eonan, Killin Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
Adomnán (ns) (certain)
Adomnán m. Rónáin of Iona (certain)
Place-name data
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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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