Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
St Trostan's Well, Halkirk
Grid reference
ND 121 524 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
312100 952400
Latitude
58.45136358404683
Longitude
-3.506301507549927
Altitude (metres)
50
County
Caithness
Nearby places
St Trostan's Chapel, Halkirk (0.32 miles)
St Peter's Chapel, Halkirk (0.97 miles)
St Columba's Chapel, by Dirlot, Halkirk (2.38 miles)
St Magnus's Chapel, Halkirk (2.73 miles)
St Magnus's Hospital, Halkirk (2.73 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Relationships with other parishes
Within Wick, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Trostan's Chapel, Halkirk
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?St Trostan's Well
Head name
St Trostan's Well
Place
St Trostan's Well, Halkirk
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
Saints in this place-name
Drostan, Troscan (ns) (certain)
Drostan (certain)
Tobar Trostan
Head name
Tobar Trostan
Place
St Trostan's Well, Halkirk
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Tobar Trostan 1900
Historic formTobar Trostan Head nameTobar Trostan PlaceSt Trostan's Well, Halkirk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1900 x 1909 |
Tobar Trostan 1900
Historic formTobar Trostan Head nameTobar Trostan PlaceSt Trostan's Well, Halkirk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1900 x 1909 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
Tobar Trostan 1900
Historic formTobar Trostan Head nameTobar Trostan PlaceSt Trostan's Well, Halkirk Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1900 x 1909 |
Saints in this place-name
Drostan, Troscan (ns) (certain)
Drostan (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
The map interface was produced using the Leaflet.js library. Attribution for the base layers is as follows:
Default map:
Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Satellite map:
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Satellite map with labels:
Base map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA, Imagery © Mapbox
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
