Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mungo's Chapel, Blackford
Grid reference
NN 933 089 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
293300 708900
Latitude
56.260672332569165
Longitude
-3.7226960345810447
Altitude (metres)
125
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Bride's Burn, Blackford (0.88 miles)
St Mungo's Farm, Blackford (0.95 miles)
St Mungo's Well, Blackford (1.14 miles)
Ladyscroft, Blackford (1.61 miles)
Blackford, modern parish (2.17 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records a'small late featureless chapel which fell out of use in 1745 but has since become the family chapel of the House of Gleneagles'. The much modernised (sixteenth century?) building probably stands on the site of an earlier one.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Mungo's Well, Blackford
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mungo's Chapel
Head name
St Mungo's Chapel
Place
St Mungo's Chapel, Blackford
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 Mungo's Chapel 1978, OS 1: 2,500
Historic formSt Mungo's Chapel Head nameSt Mungo's Chapel PlaceSt Mungo's Chapel, Blackford Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 1: 2,500 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to. |
Source code
OS 1: 2,500
Source title
Ordnance Survey Map, 1:2,500 scale
Notes
This series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to.
Saints in this place-name
Kentigern, Mungo, Mo Choe (ns) (certain)
Kentigern of Glasgow (certain)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Mungo's Farm, St Mungo's Farm, Blackford
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:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
