Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Columba's Footprint, SOE (Kintyre)
Grid reference
NR 672 076 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
167200 607600
Latitude
55.3072739730429
Longitude
-5.668606332572742
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Argyllshire
Nearby places
Kilcolmkill, former parish SOE (Kintyre) (0.09 miles)
Kilcolmkill, eccles. Southend (Kintyre) (0.09 miles)
Southend, modern parish (Kintyre) (1.96 miles)
Kilblane (former parish) Southend, Kintyre (2.12 miles)
Kilblane, eccles. Southend (Kintyre) (2.12 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kilcolmkill, former parish SOE (Kintyre) (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Columba's Footprint
Head name
St Columba's Footprint
Place
St Columba's Footprint, SOE (Kintyre)
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
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (certain)
Place-name data
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Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
