Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Causnan's Well, Dunnichen
Grid reference
NO 509 488 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
350900 748800
Latitude
56.62859111041954
Longitude
-2.8003911005761024
County
Angus
Nearby places
Dunnichen, parish (0.06 miles)
St Causnan's Church, Dunnichen (0.12 miles)
Tubirmanyn, well, Rescobie ? (1.01 miles)
Kirkden, aka Idvies, parish (1.65 miles)
St Ninian's Loch, Aberlemno (1.98 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OSA Dunnichen, i, 422: 'The church is small and old. It was dedicated to St Causnan. ... a large well near the church also bears his name' (1793). St Causnan's Well was in 1802 renamed Camperdown Well in honour of the British victory over the Dutch at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunnichen, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Causnan's Church, Dunnichen
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Causnan's Well
Head name
St Causnan's Well
Place
St Causnan's Well, Dunnichen
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
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?
No
Saints in this place-name
Constantine (ns) (probable)
Constantine of Rahan (maybe)
Constantine of the Britons (maybe)
Place-name data
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