Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Catherine's Tower, Clunie
Grid reference
NO 113 450 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
311300 745000
Latitude
56.58863574499496
Longitude
-3.4444362129711363
Altitude (metres)
160
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Catherine's Chapel, Clunie (0.62 miles)
Clunie, parish (0.67 miles)
Kinloch, parish (formerly Lundeiff) (2.23 miles)
St Catherine's Land, Lethendy (2.25 miles)
Lethendy, parish (2.25 miles)
Object Classification
Other
a folly?
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Clunie, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Catherine's Tower
Head name
St Catherine's Tower
Place
St Catherine's Tower, Clunie
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 Catherine's Tower 1867, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Catherine's Tower Head nameSt Catherine's Tower PlaceSt Catherine's Tower, Clunie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1867 x 1867 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
Catherine (ns) (certain)
Catherine of Alexandria (probable)
Catherine of Siena (maybe)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
