Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mungo's Well, Blackford
Grid reference
NN 937 071 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
293700 707100
Latitude
56.2445955831812
Longitude
-3.7155178465870535
Altitude (metres)
180
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Mungo's Farm, Blackford (0.2 miles)
Bride's Burn, Blackford (0.28 miles)
St Mungo's Chapel, Blackford (1.14 miles)
Ladyscroft, Blackford (1.92 miles)
Blackford, modern parish (2.72 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records 'a powerful spring dedicated to St Mungo' (OS Name Book, 1863), which has 'always provieded a copious supply of water and has never been known to run dry (OS, 1967)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Bride's Burn, Blackford
Adjacent St Mungo's Chapel, Blackford
Adjacent St Mungo's Farm, Blackford
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mungo's Well
Head name
St Mungo's Well
Place
St Mungo's Well, 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 Well 1866, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mungo's Well Head nameSt Mungo's Well PlaceSt Mungo's Well, Blackford 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
Kentigern, Mungo, Mo Choe (ns) (certain)
Kentigern of Glasgow (certain)
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:
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