Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

Grid reference

NS 045 672 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

204500 667200

Latitude

55.85830313767832

Longitude

-5.12408717099915

Altitude (metres)

County

Bute

Nearby places

Kilmachalmaig, ~eccles. North Bute (0 miles)

North Bute, modern parish (0.5 miles)

Kilbride, ~eccles North Bute (0.69 miles)

Kilbride, settlement North Bute (0.83 miles)

Cranslagmory, North Bute (0.99 miles)

Object Classification

Settlement

Is linear feature?

Notes

The NGR given is for the cross which lies at the approximate centre of the extended lands of Kilmachalmaig (now St Colmac). On OS 6 inch 1st edn the farm of Kilmachalmaig/St Colmac is divided into: East St Colmac, West St Colmac, South St Colmac and North St Colmac. See Márkus 2012, 395-7 for discussion of this name and the site.

Relationships with other parishes

Within Kingarth, parish (Bute) (formerly)

Within North Bute, modern parish

Within Rothesay, parish (Bute) (formerly)

Names

2 head-names linked to this place

Kilmachalmaig

Head name

Kilmachalmaig

Place

Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Obsolete

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Kylmocolmoc 1313, Stirling Council Archives

Historic form

Kylmocolmoc

Head name

Kilmachalmaig

Place

Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Stirling Council Archives, P60, bundle 384

Date of citation

1313 x 1313

Source code

Stirling Council Archives

Source title

Stirling Council Archives

Kylmacolmoc 1475, RMS

Historic form

Kylmacolmoc

Head name

Kilmachalmaig

Place

Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RMS, ii no. 1214

Date of citation

1475 x 1475

Feature named in source

lands

Notes on the context of this place-name

Reprinted 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

Kilmachalmak 1654, Blaeu

Historic form

Kilmachalmak

Head name

Kilmachalmaig

Place

Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Blaeu, Bute

Date of citation

1654 x 1654

Source code

Blaeu

Source title

Atlas Novus

Editors

and publisher: Johan Blaeu

Year

1654

Relationships with other place names

Now called St Colmac, Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

St Colmac

Head name

St Colmac

Place

Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

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?

St Calmag 1820, Thomson/Buteshire

Historic form

St Calmag

Head name

St Colmac

Place

Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Thomson/Buteshire

Date of citation

1820 x 1820

Source code

Thomson/Buteshire

Source title

John Thomson, Map of Buteshire, 1832

St Colmac 1873, OS 1 inch

Historic form

St Colmac

Head name

St Colmac

Place

Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

OS 1 inch

Date of citation

1873 x 1873

Notes on the context of this place-name

This is the series following the 7th series, with all-over red cover.

Source code

OS 1 inch

Source title

Ordnance Survey One-Inch Map

Notes

This is the series following the 7th series, with all-over red cover.

Saints in this place-name

Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)

Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)

Relationships with other place names

Formerly called Kilmachalmaig, Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

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Kilmachalmaig, alias St Colmac, North Bute

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Is linear feature?

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Names

Kilmachalmaig

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Is this a current OS form? ?

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St Colmac

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Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

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Date of citation

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