Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Arisaig & Moidart, modern parish
Grid reference
NM 750 780 (vague location)
Six-figure easting & northing
175000 778000
Latitude
56.83900244633286
Longitude
-5.689304171310715
Nearby places
Torr Cill Uanding, Arisaig and Moidart (3.96 miles)
St Finnan's Church, episc. Arisaig & Moidart (4.15 miles)
Moidart, parish, Arisaig & Moidart (4.72 miles)
St Agnes's Chapel, Arisaig and Moidart (5.03 miles)
St Finan's Chapel, Arisaig & Moidart (6.08 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The NGR is for the very vaguest sense of the location of the parish, in the absence of any very clear centre.
Relationships with other parishes
Contains Arisaig, former parish, Arisaig & Moidart
Contains Eilean Fhianain, former parish, Arisaig & Moidart
Contains Moidart, parish, Arisaig & Moidart
Relationships with other places
Contains Cnoc Pheadair, Arisaig & Moidart
Contains Eilean Fhianain, island, Arisaig & Moidart
According to NMRS>
Contains Glenfinnan House, Arisaig & Moidart
Contains Glenn Finnan, Arisaig & Moidart
Contains Kilmary, settlement Arisaig & Moidart
Contains St Agnes's Chapel, Arisaig and Moidart
Contains St Finan's Chapel, Arisaig & Moidart
Contains St Finnan's Church, episc. Arisaig & Moidart
Contains St Maelrubha's Chapel, Arisaig & Moidart
Contains St Mary's Church, Arisaig & Moidart
Parish details
Arisaig AGX and Moidart MTX
Parish TLA
AMT
County
Inverness-shire
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Arisaig & Moidart
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Arisaig & Moidart
Place
Arisaig & Moidart, modern parish
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
