Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Kirkconnell, ~eccles., Tongland

Grid reference

NX 670 600 (assumed location)

Six-figure easting & northing

267000 560000

Latitude

54.91687703216125

Longitude

-4.075214407062458

County

Kirkcudbrightshire

Nearby places

Kirkconnell, settlement, Tongland (0.36 miles)

Balnacross, former parish, Tongland (1.96 miles)

St Michael's Church, Balnacross, Tongland (1.96 miles)

Loch Whinyeon, Girthon (and Twynholm) (2.89 miles)

Kirkcormack, former parish, Kelton (3.22 miles)

Object Classification

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NMRS records the testimony of M. Harper, 'Rambles in Galloway' (1876) that there were the remains of a chapel here. But no evidence survives. This hypothetical chapel's name gives rise to Towers of Kirkconnell, Oaks of Kirkconnell, Kirkconnell Moor (OS 6 inch 1st edn).

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/

Relationships with other parishes

Within Tongland, parish

Within Tongland, parish

Names

Kirkconnell

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)

Relationships with other place names

Is source of Kirkconnell, Kirkconnell, settlement, Tongland