Kiltearn, parish

Grid reference

NH 617 653 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

261700 865300

Latitude

57.65657150511183

Longitude

-4.3180856246469785

Nearby places

Kiltearn, eccles. Kiltearn (0.14 miles)

Kiltearn Beach, Kiltearn (0.2 miles)

Katewell, settlement, Kiltearn (1.67 miles)

Kate Well, well, Kiltearn (1.67 miles)

St Martins, settlement, Resolis (2.03 miles)

Object Classification

Parish (extant in 1975)

Settlement

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NGR for the parish kirk, where a re-used fragment of a medieval cross has been found (NMRS).

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Relationships with other parishes

Contains Lemlair, former parish, Kiltearn

Relationships with other places

Contains Cille Bhrea, eccles. Lemlair, Kiltearn

Contains Kate Well, well, Kiltearn

Contains Katewell, settlement, Kiltearn

Contains Katewell, settlement, Kiltearn

Contains Kiltearn Beach, Kiltearn

Contains Kiltearn, eccles. Kiltearn

Contains St Brighs, settlement, Lemlair, Kiltearn

Parish details

Kiltearn including in its west part the medieval parish of Lemlair LLX

Parish TLA

KTE

County

Ross-shire

Medieval diocese

Ross

Parish notes

For discussion of name, see Watson 1904, 85. Kiltearn was an independent parsonage in 1274; had been erected into a prebend of Ross by 1445. 1561x1566 there is mention of a chaplainry of Saint Monanis at Kiltearn [OPS ii pt.2, 404] No changes noted in Shennan 1892.