Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mary's Well, Lethnot & Naver
Grid reference
NO 542 681 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354200 768100
Latitude
56.80231547854281
Longitude
-2.7500451570057836
Altitude (metres)
125
County
Angus
Nearby places
Lethnot, former parish, Lethnot & Navar (0.14 miles)
St Mary's Church, Lethnot, Lethnot & Navar STOP (0.14 miles)
Navar, former parish, Lethnot & Navar (0.89 miles)
Our Lady's Hermitage, Menmuir (1.72 miles)
Kilgarie, settlement Menmuir (1.89 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS (1899): Votive offerings and silver coins found in the well. The well is near the manse and parish kirk.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lethnot, former parish, Lethnot & Navar (formerly)
Within Lethnott & Navar
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mary's Well
Head name
St Mary's Well
Place
St Mary's Well, Lethnot & Naver
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 Mary's Well 1843
Historic formSt Mary's Well Head nameSt Mary's Well PlaceSt Mary's Well, Lethnot & Naver Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1843 x 1882 |
St Mary's Well 1843
Historic formSt Mary's Well Head nameSt Mary's Well PlaceSt Mary's Well, Lethnot & Naver Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1843 x 1882 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
St Mary's Well 1843
Historic formSt Mary's Well Head nameSt Mary's Well PlaceSt Mary's Well, Lethnot & Naver Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1843 x 1882 |
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (certain)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (certain)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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