Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Our Lady's Well, Tarbat
Grid reference
NH 870 760 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
287000 876000
Latitude
57.759697225878924
Longitude
-3.899345056930196
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
Creag na Baintighearna, Tarbat (0 miles)
Kilmure, Our Lady's chapel, Tarbat (0.53 miles)
Our Lady's Haven, Tarbat ROS (0.88 miles)
Fearn, modern parish ROS (2.14 miles)
Chapel Barr, eccles. Tarbat (2.24 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tarbat, parish, ROS
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Creag na Baintighearna, Tarbat
Adjacent Kilmure, Our Lady's chapel, Tarbat
Adjacent Our Lady's Haven, Tarbat ROS
Names
2 head-names linked to this place ?Our Lady's Well
Head name
Our Lady's Well
Place
Our Lady's Well, Tarbat
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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
Oure-Lady-well 1609, RMS
Historic formOure-Lady-well Head nameOur Lady's Well PlaceOur Lady's Well, Tarbat Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, vii no. 409 Date of citation1609 x 1610 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
Tobar na Baintighearna
Head name
Tobar na Baintighearna
Place
Our Lady's Well, Tarbat
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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
Tobar na Baintighearna 1904, Watson 1904
Historic formTobar na Baintighearna Head nameTobar na Baintighearna PlaceOur Lady's Well, Tarbat Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceWatson 1904, 44 Date of citation1904 x 1904 Notes on the context of this place-namereprinted in paperback 1996 by Highland Heritage Books, price £10.99 |
Source code
Watson 1904
Author
W. J. Watson
Source title
Place-Names of Ross and Cromarty
Year
1904
Notes
reprinted in paperback 1996 by Highland Heritage Books, price £10.99
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Lady, Our Lady (certain)
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