Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sancta Crux Well, Dunkeld & Dowally
Grid reference
NO 049 487 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
304900 748700
Latitude
56.62061402693452
Longitude
-3.5499760330492016
Altitude (metres)
275
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Colme's Loch, Dunkeld & Dowally (2.03 miles)
St Anne's Well, Dowally, Dunkeld & Dowally (3 miles)
St Anne's Church, Dowally, Dunkeld & Dowally (3.01 miles)
Dowally, former parish, Dunkeld & Dowally (3.01 miles)
St Muireach's Well, Dunkeld & Dowally (3.04 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records: A "mystic well" in natural rock used for medicinal purposes; some remains of a wall around it are recorded in 1971.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunkeld & Dowally
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Sancta Crux Well
Head name
Sancta Crux Well
Place
Sancta Crux Well, Dunkeld & Dowally
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
Sancta Crux Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSancta Crux Well Head nameSancta Crux Well PlaceSancta Crux Well, Dunkeld & Dowally 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
Cross (ns) (certain)
Cross, Crux (certain)
Place-name data
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