Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Modan's Chapel, (Cairn) Kilmodan
Grid reference
NS 002 843 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
200200 684300
Latitude
56.00995958113018
Longitude
-5.205336628061956
Altitude (metres)
160
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
St Modan's Well, Kilmodan (0.06 miles)
Kilmodan, parish (Cowal) (0.45 miles)
Kilmodan, ~eccles. Kilmodan (0.45 miles)
Kilnaish, eccles. Kilmodan, Cowal (2.39 miles)
Kildalvan, settlement Kilmodan, Cowal (3 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name was applied to a pre-historic chambered cairn in the nineteenth century, presumably in the belief that its remains are those of a chapel. It stands on the hillside overlooking the Clachan of Glendaruel and the medieval kirkyard of Kilmodan, which lie 800 metres to the west. NMRS describes the Clyde-type chambered cairn and says there is no evidence of a chapel having stood here.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Modan's Well, Kilmodan
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Modan's Chapel
Head name
St Modan's Chapel
Place
St Modan's Chapel, (Cairn) Kilmodan
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Modan's Chapel 1869, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Modan's Chapel Head nameSt Modan's Chapel PlaceSt Modan's Chapel, (Cairn) Kilmodan 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.
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