Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Uig, former parish, Snizort (Skye)
Grid reference
NG 399 638 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
139900 863800
Latitude
57.58934663673669
Longitude
-6.352840966360125
County
Inverness-shire
Nearby places
River Conon, Snizort (Uig,Skye) (0.26 miles)
St Conan's Church, Uig, Snizort (Skye) (0.75 miles)
Kilbride, settlement Kilmuir (Skye) (2.02 miles)
Kilbride Point, Kilmuir (Skye) (2.11 miles)
Kilbride, eccles. Kilmuir (Skye) (2.11 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS indicates that nothing remains of the church at Clachan, possibly swept away in the flood of 1877. Much of the graveyard has also been destroyed by the cutting of hte flood relief channel.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Snizort, parish (Skye)
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Uig in Trotternish, Skye now part of Snizort SNZ
Parish TLA
UIX
Medieval diocese
Isles
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Uig
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Uig
Place
Uig, former parish, Snizort (Skye)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
