Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Demhan's Cross, Creich SUT
Grid reference
NH 636 891 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
263600 889100
Latitude
57.87077973176136
Longitude
-4.2998074688679955
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Sutherland
Nearby places
St Devenick's Church, ~eccles. Creich SUT (0 miles)
Creich, parish SUT (0 miles)
Lady's Well, Kincardine (1.81 miles)
Kincardine, parish ROS (1.93 miles)
Edderton, parish (5.97 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Creich, parish SUT
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Demhan's Cross
Head name
St Demhan's Cross
Place
St Demhan's Cross, Creich SUT
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 Demhan's Cross 1969, OS 1: 2,500
Historic formSt Demhan's Cross Head nameSt Demhan's Cross PlaceSt Demhan's Cross, Creich SUT SourceOS 1: 2,500 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to. |
Source code
OS 1: 2,500
Source title
Ordnance Survey Map, 1:2,500 scale
Notes
This series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to.
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
