Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ternan's Church, orig. Banchory Ternan
Grid reference
NO 706 957 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
370600 795700
Latitude
57.0516012752198
Longitude
-2.4846879171995475
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
Banchory Ternan, parish (0 miles)
St Ternan's Well, Banchory Ternan (0.26 miles)
St Ternan's Church, episc. Banchory Ternan (0.74 miles)
Maryfield, Banchory Ternan (0.81 miles)
West Balbridie, Banchory Ternan (1.12 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The site of the original parish kirk of Banchory Ternan, it seems. Not to be confused with St Ternan's Episcopalian church in the same parish. See NMRS for further details. A slab incised with two Celtic crosses survives (NMRS). There was also a thriving late-medieval cult associated with St Ternan's Bell, now lost, which was probably an early medieval handbell. See Márkus 2009, 136-8.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Ternan's Well, Banchory Ternan
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Ternan's Church
Head name
St Ternan's Church
Place
St Ternan's Church, orig. Banchory Ternan
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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?
Yes
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