Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Clements Burn, Auchtermuchty
Grid reference
NO 233 111 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
323300 711100
Latitude
56.28622762842032
Longitude
-3.239130659907872
Altitude (metres)
45
County
Fife
Nearby places
Auchtermuchty, parish (0.48 miles)
Strathmiglo, parish (1.14 miles)
Ecclesmartin, settlement Strathmiglo (1.14 miles)
St Martin's Church, Strathmiglo (1.19 miles)
St Bride's Well, Abernethy/Collessie/Auchtermuchty (1.56 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for where the burn, most of which has now been conduited underground, meets the Barroway Burn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Auchtermuchty, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Clements Burn
Head name
Clements Burn
Place
Clements Burn, Auchtermuchty
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Clements Burn 1856, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formClements Burn Head nameClements Burn PlaceClements Burn, Auchtermuchty Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
Clement (ns) (doubtful)
Clement , pope and martyr (doubtful)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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