Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cill a' Chaoin-tearn, ~eccles. Glenshiel
Grid reference
NG 900 210 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
190000 821000
Latitude
57.23163817234498
Longitude
-5.479775646817076
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
Loch Duich, Kintail (0 miles)
Cill a' Chaoin-tearn, settlement, Glenshiel (0.53 miles)
Cill Fhearchair, cemetery, Glenshiel (2.72 miles)
Kintail, parish (2.85 miles)
St Dubhthach's Church, Kintail (2.85 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On the south side of Loch Duich. The existence of this ecclesiastical object is inferred from the settlement-name Cill a' Chaoin-tearn.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cill a' Chaoin-tearn
Head name
Cill a' Chaoin-tearn
Place
Cill a' Chaoin-tearn, ~eccles. Glenshiel
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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Kentigerna, Caintigern, Mo Cha (ns) (certain)
Kentigerna of Inchcailleach (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Cill a' Chaoin-tearn, Cill a' Chaoin-tearn, settlement, Glenshiel
Place-name data
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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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