Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kirkennan, settlement, Buittle
Grid reference
NX 826 580 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
282600 558000
Latitude
54.902822759158646
Longitude
-3.831137575075934
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Kirkcudbrightshire
Nearby places
Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle (0.31 miles)
Mary's Pool, Buittle/Urr (1.43 miles)
St Colman Elo's Church, eccles. Buittle (1.62 miles)
Buittle, parish (1.62 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On the Urr Water, which here forms the parish boundary.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Buittle, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kirkennan
Head name
Kirkennan
Place
Kirkennan, settlement, Buittle
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
Kirkynnane 1453, RMS
Historic formKirkynnane Head nameKirkennan PlaceKirkennan, settlement, Buittle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 601 Date of citation1453 x 1453 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 formKirkenan Head nameKirkennan PlaceKirkennan, settlement, Buittle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 626 Date of citation1458 x 1458 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
Kirkynnane 1540, RMS
Historic formKirkynnane Head nameKirkennan PlaceKirkennan, settlement, Buittle Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 2201 Date of citation1540 x 1540 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
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Kirkennan, Kirkennan, eccles, Buittle
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