Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Well, Cromarty
Grid reference
NH 804 672 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
280400 867200
Latitude
57.678982470929284
Longitude
-4.005827924817255
Altitude (metres)
70
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
St Regulus's Chapel, Cromarty (0.63 miles)
St Bennet's Well, Cromarty (1.55 miles)
St Bennet's Chapel, Cromarty (1.55 miles)
Nigg, parish NGG, ROS (2.79 miles)
Kilmuir Easter, parish (4.68 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Not on OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cromarty, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Well
Head name
St Mary's Well
Place
St Mary's Well, Cromarty
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
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
