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Kilmartin River, Kilmuir (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 784 683 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
178400 868300
Latitude
57.650217899378255
Longitude
-5.714330629890157
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
Gairloch, parish (4.49 miles)
Eilean Eachainn, Loch Maree, Gairloch (9.4 miles)
Isle Maree, in Loch Maree, Gairloch (9.43 miles)
Loch Maree, Gairloch (9.43 miles)
Allt Phadruig, burn, Gairloch (9.59 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for where the burn flows into the sea.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilmartin, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmartin River
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Kilmartin River
Place
Kilmartin River, Kilmuir (Skye)
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
Water of Killmartine 1549, Monro, Description
Historic formWater of Killmartine This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameKilmartin River PlaceKilmartin River, Kilmuir (Skye) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMonro, Description, no. 132 Date of citation1549 x 1549 Notes on the context of this place-nameFull title of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'. |
Source code
Monro, Description
Author
Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles
Source title
Monro's Western Isles of Scotland
Editors
R. W. Munro
Year
1961
Notes
Full title of the work as published: Monro's Western Isles of Scotland and Genealogies of the Clans, 1549, edited from a hitherto unpublished MS with introduction and notes'.
Relationships with other place names
Name contains Kilmartin, Kilmartin, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye)
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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