Saints in Scottish Place-Names

Bodleckmartine Burn, Glenisla

Grid reference

NO 233 695 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

323300 769500

Latitude

56.81082433843473

Longitude

-3.2563905235650745

County

Angus

Nearby places

Fergus, Glenisla (2.68 miles)

Inchbruthie, Kirriemuir (4.76 miles)

Lady Well, Glenisla (5.76 miles)

St Mary's Church, Glenisla (5.77 miles)

Glenisla, parish (5.77 miles)

Object Classification

Water

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

High in the hills, its upper reaches close to the watershed. The watershed itself is the parish boundary

Relationships with other parishes

Within Glenisla, parish

Names

1 head-name linked to this place ?

Bodleckmartine Burn

Bodleckmartine Burn 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.

Saints in this place-name

Martin (ns) (maybe) Although the burn must derive its name from an existing toponym *Bodleckmartine (and that may itself contain an existing name *Leckmartine), this is the only relic we have of it. Embedded is the personal name Martin. This could be the saint, but it is not certainly so.

Martin of Tours (maybe) Although the burn must derive its name from an existing toponym *Bodleckmartine (and that may itself contain an existing name *Leckmartine), this is the only relic we have of it. Embedded is the personal name Martin. This could be the saint, but it is not certainly so.