Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock
Grid reference
NX 997 675 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
299700 567500
Latitude
54.99189578747627
Longitude
-3.5678608452155762
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
St Columba's Well, Caerlaverock (0.06 miles)
Kirkconnel, ~eccles. Troqueer (1 miles)
Kirkconnel, settlement, Troqueer (1.16 miles)
Kirkconnell Burn, Troqueer/Kirkgunzeon (1.3 miles)
Peter's Cairn, Troqueer (1.43 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records: The ruins of St Columba's Chapel are still visible on the bank of the Nith. G Chalmers 1824. Its site was pointed out to the surveyor in 1856 by a local informant who stated that his father had removed the ruins. Name Book 1856; W J Watson 1926. The site of this chapel lies on a slight grassy ridge mutilated by small hollows and sand-pits. No trace of the chapel was found. Visited by OS (WDJ) 8 July 1964.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Detached from St Columba's Well, Caerlaverock
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Columba's Chapel
Head name
St Columba's Chapel
Place
St Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock
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
St Colm's Chapel 1775
Historic formSt Colm's Chapel Head nameSt Columba's Chapel PlaceSt Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1775 x 1775 |
St Colm's Chapel 1775
Historic formSt Colm's Chapel Head nameSt Columba's Chapel PlaceSt Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1775 x 1775 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
St Colm's Chapel 1775
Historic formSt Colm's Chapel Head nameSt Columba's Chapel PlaceSt Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1775 x 1775 |
St Columba's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Columba's Chapel Head nameSt Columba's Chapel PlaceSt Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock 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.
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)
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