Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kammer-awnan, setlement, Dull
Grid reference
NN 810 490 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
281000 749000
Latitude
56.61784884377346
Longitude
-3.939418293977548
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Dull, parish (0.26 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Dull (0.26 miles)
St Adomnán's Church, Dull (0.32 miles)
Tobar Eonain, Dull (0.43 miles)
Balhomais, Dull (0.84 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Its location at the above NGR is determined from Geog. Coll. ii, 599.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dull, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kammer-awnan
Head name
Kammer-awnan
Place
Kammer-awnan, setlement, Dull
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Kammer-awnan 1630, Geog. Coll. II
Historic formKammer-awnan Head nameKammer-awnan PlaceKammer-awnan, setlement, Dull Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. II, 599 Date of citation1630 x 1630 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. II
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
2 of 3
Saints in this place-name
Adomnán m. Rónáin of Iona (certain)
Adomnán m. Rónáin of Iona (certain)
Adomnán (ns) (probable)
Adomnán (ns) (probable)
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