Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Machar's Chapel, Kildrummy
Grid reference
NJ 489 181 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
348900 818100
Latitude
57.25092822900185
Longitude
-2.8469848392707444
Altitude (metres)
180
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Macharshaugh, settlement Kildrummy (0 miles)
Machar's Haugh, Kildrummy (0.18 miles)
Nine Maidens' Well, Auchindoir & Kearn (0.57 miles)
St Bride's Chapel, Kildrummy (1.12 miles)
St Bride's Well, Kildrummy (1.2 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On the right bank of the River Don, at a deep bend where it creates a fine haugh on a promontory, now Machar's Haugh. On 'Chapel Haugh', and close to 'Chapel Ford' (OS 6 inch 1st edn). OS Name Book (1867) states that though a ruin had been here in living memory no local knowledge of a chapel survived (cited by NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kildrummy, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Machar's Haugh, Kildrummy
Adjacent Macharshaugh, settlement Kildrummy
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Machar's Chapel
Head name
St Machar's Chapel
Place
St Machar's Chapel, Kildrummy
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Chapel dedicated to St Macarius 1724, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formChapel dedicated to St Macarius Head nameSt Machar's Chapel PlaceSt Machar's Chapel, Kildrummy Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 30 Date of citation1724 x 1724 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
St Machar's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Machar's Chapel Head nameSt Machar's Chapel PlaceSt Machar's Chapel, Kildrummy 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
Machar (ns) (certain)
Machar (certain)
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