Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Fillan's Cave, Pittenweem
Grid reference
NO 549 025 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
354900 702500
Latitude
56.21301534014374
Longitude
-2.7272118538903216
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Fillan's Well, Pittenweem (0 miles)
Pittenweem, modern parish (0 miles)
Marygate, Pittenweem (0.06 miles)
St John's Episcopal Church, Pittenweem (0.06 miles)
St Mary's Chapel, Pittenweem (0.09 miles)
Object Classification
Other
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Anstruther Wester, parish (formerly)
Within Pittenweem, modern parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Fillan's Cave
Head name
St Fillan's Cave
Place
St Fillan's Cave, Pittenweem
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 Fillan's Cave 1965, OS 1: 2,500
Historic formSt Fillan's Cave Head nameSt Fillan's Cave PlaceSt Fillan's Cave, Pittenweem 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
Fáelán, Fillan (ns) (certain)
Fillan of Strathfillan (certain)
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
