Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Machar's Cross, Aboyne and Glentanar
Grid reference
NO 503 998 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350300 799800
Latitude
57.08669116656336
Longitude
-2.8201344280085516
Altitude (metres)
210
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Machar's Well, Aboyne & Glentanar (0 miles)
Cathair Mochrieha, Aboyne and Glentanar (0 miles)
Lady Wood, Aboyne & Glentanar (1.28 miles)
Coull, parish (1.71 miles)
Skeulan Well, Aboyne, Aboyne & Glentannar (1.8 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This cross and the adjacent well stand on a hillside in a cairnfield (NMRS), the area marked 'Tumuli' on OS 6 inch 1st edn. Immediately to the south is a monument which the OS 6" map calls a 'Pictish Road (remains of)' but which NMRS (citing OS Name Book) describes thus: 'One of a series of short stretches of "road" bounded by stone walls or scattered stones which occur in this area. They have no ditches but some of them lead to small "camps" or sheltering places. (? Field bounds and hut circles.) Name Book 1865.'
Relationships with other parishes
Within Aboyne & Glentanar, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Cathair Mochrieha, Aboyne and Glentanar
Adjacent St Machar's Well, Aboyne & Glentanar
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Machar's Cross
Head name
St Machar's Cross
Place
St Machar's Cross, Aboyne and Glentanar
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 Muchrieha's Cross 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Muchrieha's Cross Head nameSt Machar's Cross PlaceSt Machar's Cross, Aboyne and Glentanar 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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