A' Chill

A' Chill
Houses at A' Chill in 2008
A' Chill Location within the Highland council area
OS grid reference	NG266051
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF CANNA
Postcode district	PH44
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
List of places UK Scotland 57°03′23″N6°30′35″W / 57.0564°N 6.5098°W / 57.0564; -6.5098

A' Chill was a village on Canna, in the Scottish Small Isles. The name means "the cell", referring to a Culdee church, and is often anglicised as "Kil-" in many other Scottish names. Located in the west of Canna, it was the main settlement until 1851 when the island was cleared. There are now only one or two houses near the original site. ^[1]

References

1. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate.

External links

• A' Chill at the Gazetteer for Scotland