Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Creag na Baintighearna, 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
Our Lady's Well, 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
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tarbat, parish, ROS
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilmure, Our Lady's chapel, Tarbat
Adjacent Our Lady's Haven, Tarbat ROS
Adjacent Our Lady's Well, Tarbat
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Creag na Baintighearna
Head name
Creag na Baintighearna
Place
Creag na Baintighearna, 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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Creag na Baintighearna 1904, Watson 1904
Historic formCreag na Baintighearna Head nameCreag na Baintighearna PlaceCreag na Baintighearna, 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) Watson 1904, 43-4
Lady, Our Lady (certain) Watson 1904, 43-4
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