Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Connell's Grave, Kirkconnel KCL
Grid reference
NS 704 158 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
270400 615800
Latitude
55.41892765654674
Longitude
-4.0477361047406974
Altitude (metres)
300
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
St Conall's Well, Kirkconnel KCL (1.11 miles)
Kirkconnel, parish KCL (1.28 miles)
St Connel's Church, eccles, Kirkconnel KCL (1.28 miles)
Kirkconnel Parish Church, (modern) KCL (2.63 miles)
Kirkconnel, settlement, Kirkconnel KCL (2.63 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is marked on OS 6" 1st edn. Modern maps indicate only a cross. The Old Statistical Account is the first record of a tradition that St Connel was buried here. The New Statistical Account, however, says that 'the writer could never discover the smallest vestige of the saint's grave' (4, 316). A modern cross has been erected on the site (NMRS).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Connell's Grave
Head name
St Connell's Grave
Place
St Connell's Grave, Kirkconnel KCL
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Connell's Grave 1860, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Connell's Grave Head nameSt Connell's Grave PlaceSt Connell's Grave, Kirkconnel KCL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1860 x 1860 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.
Saints in this place-name
Conall, Conual, Conval, Cynfal (ns) (certain)
Conall m. Áeda of Cluain Dalláin (maybe)
Conall m. Maine Choíl of Inis Caol (maybe)
Conval of Eastwood (maybe)
Conval of Inchinnan (maybe)
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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