Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Vigean's Chapel, Arbroath & St Vigeans
Grid reference
NO 582 446 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
358200 744600
Latitude
56.591565642214825
Longitude
-2.6807232178971567
Altitude (metres)
110
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Vigean's Well, Arbroath & St Vigeans (0 miles)
St Lawrence's Chapel, Carmyllie (1.78 miles)
Carmyllie, modern parish (2.42 miles)
Our Lady's Chapel, Carmyllie (2.48 miles)
St Ninian's Hill, Arbroath & St Vigeans (2.54 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records that the walls were taken down in 1721 and the materials built into a doocot, but the outline of the foundations can still be traced. The chapel was presumably created to serve Arbroath Abbey's men at Grange of Conon, on which it stood.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Arbroath & St Vigeans, parish
Within St Vigeans, former parish, Arbroath & St Vigeans (formerly)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Vigean's Chapel
Head name
St Vigean's Chapel
Place
St Vigean's Chapel, Arbroath & St Vigeans
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 Vigean's Chapel 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Vigean's Chapel Head nameSt Vigean's Chapel PlaceSt Vigean's Chapel, Arbroath & St Vigeans 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
Féichíne, Mo Ecca (ns) (certain)
Féichíne m. Cóelcharna, of Fore (Fobhar) (probable)
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