Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Menmuir, parish
Grid reference
NO 534 643 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
353400 764300
Latitude
56.768097571706
Longitude
-2.762452278178599
Nearby places
St Aidan's Well, Menmuir (0.14 miles)
Our Lady's Hermitage, Menmuir (1.93 miles)
Navar, former parish, Lethnot & Navar (2.01 miles)
Kilgarie, settlement Menmuir (2.14 miles)
St Mary's Well, Lethnot & Naver (2.41 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR from the site of Menmuir church on NMRS, which has two Class III slabs; but no visible remains of the medieval fabric of the kirk. Five early Christian stones found here are now kept at the Meffan Institute (1995).
Relationships with other places
Contains Kilgarie, settlement Menmuir
Contains Lady Well, Menmuir
Contains Our Lady's Hermitage, Menmuir
Contains St Aidan's Well, Menmuir
Parish TLA
MEN
County
Angus
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Menmuir
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Menmuir
Place
Menmuir, 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?
Maybe
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
