Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmichael, ~eccles. North Knapdale
Grid reference
NR 775 858 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
177500 685800
Latitude
56.013420618144295
Longitude
-5.569994013974789
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilmichael of Inverlussa, North Knapdale (0 miles)
Eilean Mhartan, North Knapdale (0.33 miles)
Kilmichael Hill, North Knapdale (0.62 miles)
Cladh Eoin, ~eccles North Knapdale (0.94 miles)
Cill Bhranainn, ~eccles. North Knapdale (1.94 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the probable site of a medieval chapel (and a parish church from 1734), though the present building was erected in the nineteenth century. A fragment of cross-slab survived in the churchyard, now kept in the church (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilmichael Hill, North Knapdale
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmichael
Head name
Kilmichael
Place
Kilmichael, ~eccles. North Knapdale
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Killmichael 1661, RMS
Historic formKillmichael Head nameKilmichael PlaceKilmichael, ~eccles. North Knapdale Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, xi no. 136 Date of citation1661 x 1661 Feature named in sourcechurch and parish Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Name is part of Kilmichael Hill, Kilmichael Hill, North Knapdale
Name is part of Kilmichael of Inverlussa, Kilmichael of Inverlussa, North Knapdale
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