Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lorns Hill, Inverarity/Murroes
Grid reference
NO 442 399 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
344200 739900
Latitude
56.547885442891896
Longitude
-2.9076764178963925
Altitude (metres)
243
County
Angus
Nearby places
Lady Park, Inverarity (1.01 miles)
Lorance Hill, Tealing (1.18 miles)
Inverarity, parish (2.7 miles)
Tealing, parish (2.72 miles)
Ballumby, former parish, Murroes (3.23 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The hill is on the parish boundary of Inverarity and Murroes, but its summit lies north of the boundary, in Inverarity
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lorns Hill
Head name
Lorns Hill
Place
Lorns Hill, Inverarity/Murroes
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
Lorns Hill 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formLorns Hill Head nameLorns Hill PlaceLorns Hill, Inverarity/Murroes 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.
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
