Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Chapel Finian, eccles. Mochrum
Grid reference
NX 278 489 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
227800 548900
Latitude
54.80525100785827
Longitude
-4.679574866580635
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
St John's Well, well, Mochrum (0.84 miles)
Airyolland, Mochrum (2.08 miles)
Mochrum, parish (4.57 miles)
Ladycroft, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rinns) (4.92 miles)
Lady Well, Glenluce (5.4 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
At this site is marked also 'Chapel Finian Well' on OS Maps. Excavation of this site in 1950 revealed some foundations and lower walls of a mortared rectangular stone chapel, surrounded by a possibly earlier drystone wall. OS Survey in 1977 remarked that the drystone wall 'encloses the chapel in a manner characteristic of Early Christian sites' (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Mochrum, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Chapel Finian
Head name
Chapel Finian
Place
Chapel Finian, eccles. Mochrum
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
Chapel Fin
Historic formChapel Fin Head nameChapel Finian PlaceChapel Finian, eccles. Mochrum Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceBlaeu, Western Galloway Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Chapel Finzian 1684, Symson, 1684
Historic formChapel Finzian Head nameChapel Finian PlaceChapel Finian, eccles. Mochrum Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSymson, 1684, 53-4 Date of citation1684 x 1684 |
Source code
Symson, 1684
Author
Andrew Symson
Source title
A Large Description of Galloway
Year
published in 1823
Chapel Finian 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formChapel Finian Head nameChapel Finian PlaceChapel Finian, eccles. Mochrum 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
Findbarr, Bairrfind, Bairre, Uinniau, Finnén etc (ns) (certain)
Finnian m. Cairpre of Moville (probable)
Finnian m. Findloga of Clonard (probable)
Bairre m. Amairgin of Cork (maybe)
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