Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Kilmory, settlement, North Knapdale
Grid reference
NR 720 838 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
172000 683800
Latitude
55.99290269513181
Longitude
-5.656345062258156
Altitude (metres)
20
Nearby places
Kilmory, ~eccles, North Knapdale (0 miles)
Eilean Aonghais, North Knapdale (1.34 miles)
Rubha Cladh Eoin, North Knapdale (1.34 miles)
Port Mhicheal, North Knapdale (1.72 miles)
Tobar Chaluim-chille, North Knapdale (1.87 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Kilmory
Head name
Kilmory
Place
Kilmory, settlement, North Knapdale
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formKillmorey Head nameKilmory PlaceKilmory, settlement, North Knapdale Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRoy Date of citation1747 x 1752 Feature named in sourcesettlement; map shows 4 buildings. Notes on the context of this place-nameDate 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
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.
Kilmorie 1807, Arrowsmith 1807
Historic formKilmorie Head nameKilmory PlaceKilmory, settlement, North Knapdale Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceArrowsmith 1807 Date of citation1807 x 1807 Notes on the context of this place-nameA high-resoltion scan of the map is available on line at www.nls.uk. |
Source code
Arrowsmith 1807
Author
Aaron Arrowsmith
Source title
Map of Scotland constructed from original materials
Year
1807
Notes
A high-resoltion scan of the map is available on line at www.nls.uk.
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