Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Cathair Mochrieha, Aboyne and Glentanar
Grid reference
NO 503 998 (assumed location)
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)
St Machar's Cross, 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 'chair', a large stone, was broken up and removed for building purposes about 1801. It stood near a cross-incised stone on a mound, and a well dedicate to the same saint.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Aboyne & Glentanar, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Machar's Cross, Aboyne and Glentanar
Adjacent St Machar's Well, Aboyne & Glentanar
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Cathair Mochrieha
Head name
Cathair Mochrieha
Place
Cathair Mochrieha, Aboyne and Glentanar
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Cathair Mochrieha 1918, Scott 1918
Historic formCathair Mochrieha Head nameCathair Mochrieha PlaceCathair Mochrieha, Aboyne and Glentanar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceScott 1918, 167 |
Source code
Scott 1918
Author
A. B. Scott
Source title
The Pictish Nation: its people and its church
Year
1918
Saints in this place-name
Machar (ns) (probable)
Machar (probable)
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