Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kildonan, settlement, Kirkmaiden
Grid reference
NX 130 360 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
213000 536000
Latitude
54.684160561581756
Longitude
-4.901263636103481
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Lady Well, well, Kirkmaiden (0.22 miles)
Kildonan, eccles., Kirkmaiden (0.33 miles)
Slewdonan, Kirkmaiden (0.61 miles)
Kirkmaiden, parish (Rhinns) (0.67 miles)
Maryport, settlement, Kirkmaiden (1.2 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
High Kildonan survives on OS Digimap, at NX130363.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kildonan
Head name
Kildonan
Place
Kildonan, settlement, Kirkmaiden
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKildonnen Head nameKildonan PlaceKildonan, settlement, Kirkmaiden Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Western Galloway Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
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