Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Burial Ground, Fordoun
Grid reference
NO 665 745 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
366500 774500
Latitude
56.86086189232518
Longitude
-2.549467572994211
Altitude (metres)
75
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
St Catherine's Chapel, Fordoun (0.18 miles)
Fettercairn, parish (1.03 miles)
St Andrew's Chapel, episc. Fettercairn (1.17 miles)
St Ringan's Cairn, Fordoun (3.06 miles)
St Drostan's Well, Fettercairn (3.15 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This is the site of the town of Kincardine which became county town of Kincardineshire in 1531-2. See NMRS for details of the town. The burying ground, visited by OS inn 1971, lay in a field of crop and could not be visited. The dedication to St Catherine of Siena is noted by NMRS, on the basis of two grants of advowson for the neighbouring chapel in 1532 and 1637.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Catherine's Burial Ground
Head name
St Catherine's Burial Ground
Place
St Catherine's Burial Ground, Fordoun
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 Catherine's Burying Ground 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Catherine's Burying Ground Head nameSt Catherine's Burial Ground PlaceSt Catherine's Burial Ground, Fordoun 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
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Siena (maybe) There was a fair in the parish 'in festo S. Katherine Senensis' (30 April)
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