Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Columba's Well, Kirkcolm
Grid reference
NX 030 688 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
203000 568800
Latitude
54.97471630667454
Longitude
-5.078506762435358
Altitude (metres)
20
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kirkcolm, eccles, Kirkcolm (0 miles)
Kirkcolm, parish (0 miles)
Clashmurray, settlement, Kirkcolm (0.93 miles)
Loch Connell, Kirkcolm (0.94 miles)
Kirminnoch, settlement, Kirkcolm (1.53 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Adjacent to the entrance to the graveyard of Kirkcolm.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkcolm, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kirkcolm, eccles, Kirkcolm
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Columba's Well
Head name
St Columba's Well
Place
St Columba's Well, Kirkcolm
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 (probable)
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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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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