Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

Grid reference

NG 970 450 (general (5km))

Six-figure easting & northing

197000 845000

Latitude

57.45003196886342

Longitude

-5.383773436778049

County

Ross-shire

Nearby places

St Maolrubha's Church, ~eccles. Lochcarron (4.19 miles)

Lochcarron, parish (4.19 miles)

Clachan Mulruy, Lochcarron (4.19 miles)

St Donan's Chapel, Loch Carron (9.11 miles)

Killilan, eccles., Kintail (9.36 miles)

Object Classification

Settlement

Is linear feature?

Notes

Marches with Balnacra (Watson 1904, 198)

Relationships with other parishes

Within Lochcarron, parish

Names

1 head-name linked to this place

Dalmartin

Head name

Dalmartin

Place

Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

The status of this name is

Obsolete

Is this a current OS form? ?

Is this the original referent of the place?

Yes

Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?

Dalmartin 1579, RMS

Historic form

Dalmartin

Head name

Dalmartin

Place

Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RMS, v no. 665

Date of citation

1579 x 1583

Notes on the context of this place-name

Reprinted 1984

Source code

RMS

Source title

Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)

Editors

J.M.Thomson et al.

Volume

1-11

Year

1882-1914

Notes

Reprinted 1984

Daltachvartin 1583, Pont MS

Historic form

Daltachvartin

Head name

Dalmartin

Place

Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Pont MS, No. 4, Wester Ross

Date of citation

1583 x 1596

Notes on the context of this place-name

Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.

Source code

Pont MS

Author

Timothy Pont

Source title

Pont Manuscript

Year

1590x1610

Notes

Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.

Dalmartyne 1586, RMS

Historic form

Dalmartyne

Head name

Dalmartin

Place

Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

RMS, v no. 2362

Date of citation

1586 x 1586

Feature named in source

lands

Notes on the context of this place-name

Reprinted 1984

Source code

RMS

Source title

Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)

Editors

J.M.Thomson et al.

Volume

1-11

Year

1882-1914

Notes

Reprinted 1984

Delmairtin 1667, Highland Papers

Historic form

Delmairtin

Head name

Dalmartin

Place

Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

Source

Highland Papers, Vol. 2 p39

Date of citation

1667 approx x 1684 approx

After name

Arineachtaick

MacPhail, J.R.N, 1914-34, Highland Papers (4 vols), Scottish History Society, Edinburgh.

Dalvartin 1750, Roy

Historic form

Dalvartin

Head name

Dalmartin

Place

Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

Certainty that this name applies to this place

Certain

Source

Roy

Date of citation

1750 x 1753

Notes on the context of this place-name

Date for Scotland north of a line from Glasgow to Edinburgh - survey done 1749-52; presented to the king in 1755. For more details see The Early Maps of Scotland 1, 108-9. Note the existence of protracted and fair copies for parts of Scotland. See also full discussion in Whittington, G., 1986i, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part One), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (1), 18-28; and: Whittington, G., 1986ii, 'The Roy Map: The Protracted and Fair Copies' (Part Two), Scottish Geographical Magazine vol.102 (2), 66-73.

Source code

Roy

Source title

Military Map of Scotland

Editors

General Roy

Year

1749- 1755

Notes

Dalvartin 1832, Thomson Atlas

Historic form

Dalvartin

Head name

Dalmartin

Place

Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

Source

Thomson Atlas, Northern Part of Ross and Cromarty Shires, Southern part, bottom section

Date of citation

1832 x 1832

Notes on the context of this place-name

Digital images of the Atlas avaialble on NLS website. http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/893.html

Source code

Thomson Atlas

Author

John Thomson

Source title

John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland

Year

1832

Notes

Digital images of the Atlas avaialble on NLS website. http://maps.nls.uk/atlas/thomson/893.html

Saints in this place-name

Martin (ns) (maybe)

Martin of Tours (maybe)

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Dalmartin, settlement, Lochcarron

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Dalmartin

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