Saints in Scottish Place-Names
Funded by a Leverhulme Trust Project Grant
St Michael's Well, Dornoch
Grid reference
NH 798 900 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
279800 890000
Latitude
57.883511588070135
Longitude
-4.02732670585377
County
Sutherland
Nearby places
Dornoch Cathedral, St Gilbert's, Dornoch (0.26 miles)
St Barr's Church, Dornoch (0.26 miles)
Dornoch, parish (0.26 miles)
St Finbarr's Croft, Dornoch (0.79 miles)
St Mary's Well, Tain (4.55 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The site of the well is approximate. By 1905 it had been covered by an engine shed. It may already have been moved somewhat in the nineteenth century (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dornoch, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Michael's Well
Head name
St Michael's Well
Place
St Michael's Well, Dornoch
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
St Michael's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Michael's Well Head nameSt Michael's Well PlaceSt Michael's Well, Dornoch Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (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
