Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
Kilvoury, settlement, Applecross
Grid reference
NG 721 466 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
172100 846600
Latitude
57.45256558867372
Longitude
-5.799333125011928
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
Kilvoury, ~eccles., Applecross (0.7 miles)
Comraich Maolruibhe, Applecross (0.75 miles)
Applecross, parish (0.75 miles)
Eilean nan Naomh, Applecross (3.63 miles)
St Donan's Chapel, Loch Carron (7.74 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the NGR for Hartfield, which was known in Gaelic, according to William Reeves, as Caoill Mhourie (1859, 281). His 'Caoill' should be understood as an error for 'Cill'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Applecross, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilvoury
Head name
Kilvoury
Place
Kilvoury, settlement, Applecross
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKilvoury Head nameKilvoury PlaceKilvoury, settlement, Applecross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, iii, 381 Date of citation1791 x 1798 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Caoill Mhourie 1859, Reeves 1859
Historic formCaoill Mhourie Head nameKilvoury PlaceKilvoury, settlement, Applecross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceReeves 1859, 281 Date of citation1859 x 1859 |
Source code
Reeves 1859
Author
William Reeves
Source title
Saint Maelrubha: his history and churches
Journal
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Pages
258-296
Volume
3
Year
1859
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
