Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Aidan's Well, Menmuir
Grid reference
NO 533 641 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
353300 764100
Latitude
56.766290793337774
Longitude
-2.76405177827134
Altitude (metres)
120
County
Angus
Nearby places
Menmuir, parish (0.14 miles)
Our Lady's Hermitage, Menmuir (2.05 miles)
Navar, former parish, Lethnot & Navar (2.13 miles)
Kilgarie, settlement Menmuir (2.25 miles)
Careston, modern parish (2.38 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Beside Kirkton of Menmuir, not far from the parish kirk. Nothing is to be seen here now, but Anderson (1881a, 193) records it as 'famed for the cure of cutaneous diseases'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Menmuir, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Aidan's Well
Head name
St Aidan's Well
Place
St Aidan's Well, Menmuir
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 Aidan's Well 1793, OSA
Historic formSt Aidan's Well Head nameSt Aidan's Well PlaceSt Aidan's Well, Menmuir Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 5 p145 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcewell |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Aidan's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Aidan's Well Head nameSt Aidan's Well PlaceSt Aidan's Well, Menmuir 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
Áed, Áedán, M'Áedóc, Modan (ns) (probable)
Áedán bishop of Lindisfarne (maybe)
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Modern OS map:
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