Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
Uamh Fhraing, Small Isles (Eigg)
Grid reference
NM 475 834 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
147500 783400
Latitude
56.87327422524109
Longitude
-6.1443116244501725
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Crois Moraig, Small Isles (Eigg) (1.17 miles)
Kildonnan, eccles. Small Isles (Eigg) (1.43 miles)
Kildonan, former parish (Eigg) Small Isles (1.43 miles)
Tobar Challuim Chille, Small Isles (Eigg) (3.35 miles)
Gleann Mhàrtein, SMI (Muck) (5.38 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
cave on shore
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kildonan, former parish (Eigg) Small Isles
Within Small Isles, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Uamh Fhraing
Head name
Uamh Fhraing
Place
Uamh Fhraing, Small Isles (Eigg)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Uamha Fhraine 1796, OSA
Historic formUamha Fhraine Head nameUamh Fhraing PlaceUamh Fhraing, Small Isles (Eigg) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xvii, 288 Date of citation1796 x 1796 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Uamh Fhraing 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formUamh Fhraing Head nameUamh Fhraing PlaceUamh Fhraing, Small Isles (Eigg) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
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
