St. Catherine's
Cille Chatrìona
Meaning
Catrìona's Church
Location
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute
PA25
NN125075
English / Map Form: St. Catherine's
Gaelic Form: Cille Chatrìona
Location: Cowal, Argyll
Post Town: CAIRNDOW
Postcode area: PA25
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: St. Catherine's
Gaelic Form: Cille Chatrìona
Language Notes
nom. sg. G cill, fem. ‘church’ + lenited gen. sg. of G Catrìona, fem. personal name = ‘Catrìona’sChurch’Element Meaning
G cill ~ church; Catrìona personal name
Sources
| Kil-Catherin | c. 1591 Pont text 83r |
| Kill-Catruin | c. 1591 Pont map 14 |
| Kill Catherine | 1630 Ane Description of Certain Parts of the Highlands of Scotland |
| Kil-Catrin | 1654 Blaeu map 20 |
| St Caterine’s Ferry | 1747-1755 Roy’s Military Survey of Scotland |
| St Catherine’s | 1801 Langland’s map of Argyleshire |
Cille Chaitrìona: Nils holmer notebooks
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