Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kildonan, settlement, Kilmory (Arran)
Grid reference
NS 036 213 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
203600 621300
Latitude
55.44608070270784
Longitude
-5.105642644905566
Altitude (metres)
56
County
Bute
Nearby places
Kildonan, ~eccles., Kilmory (Arran) (0 miles)
Kildonan Castle, Kilmory (Arran) (0.25 miles)
Columbkille, settlement, Kilmory (Arran) (0.89 miles)
Tobar Challumchille, Kilmory (Arran) (0.93 miles)
Kilmory Water, Kilmory (Arran) (3.82 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Notes
Currently dwellings called Kildonan Farm, Kildonan House, whole estate seems originally just Kildonan. A now lost chapel noted at this site on OS 6" 1st edn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilmory, parish (Arran)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kildonan Castle, Kilmory (Arran)
Adjacent Kildonan, ~eccles., Kilmory (Arran)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kildonan
Head name
Kildonan
Place
Kildonan, settlement, Kilmory (Arran)
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKildonane Head nameKildonan PlaceKildonan, settlement, Kilmory (Arran) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2702 Date of citation1503 x 1503 Feature named in sourcelands 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
Historic formKildonnen Head nameKildonan PlaceKildonan, settlement, Kilmory (Arran) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Arran Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Kildonan 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formKildonan Head nameKildonan PlaceKildonan, settlement, Kilmory (Arran) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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.
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kildonan, Kildonan, ~eccles., Kilmory (Arran)
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