Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Portmoak, eccles. Portmoak
Grid reference
NO 173 008 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
317300 700800
Latitude
56.19269540790274
Longitude
-3.3328176859355905
Altitude (metres)
110
County
Kinross-shire
Nearby places
Portmoak, settlement Portmoak (0 miles)
Portmoak, parish, aka Kirkness (0 miles)
St Serf's Island, Portmoak (0.83 miles)
St Mary's Church, Scotlandwell, Portmoak (0.86 miles)
St Thomas's Hospital, Portmoak (0.92 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On Portmoak farm are the remains of the old church belonging to the priory of St Serf on the island of Loch Leven. The harbour (Gaelic 'port') is also visible nearby, from which Portmoak took its name. Sculpture found at the site includes a fragment of a cross-slab dated stylistically to the 9th x 11th centuries. See Taylor 2017, 469 (and Taylor 2017, 560-1 for the possibility that the name *Moak is a reflection of the Latin Servanus, or Serf.)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Portmoak
Head name
Portmoak
Place
Portmoak, eccles. Portmoak
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Portemuoch 1152, St A. Lib.
Historic formPortemuoch Head namePortmoak PlacePortmoak, eccles. Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 43 Date of citation1152 x 1159 |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Porthmoach 1165, RRS ii
Historic formPorthmoach Head namePortmoak PlacePortmoak, eccles. Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 28 Date of citation1165 x 1169 |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Porthmoach 1165, St A. Lib.
Historic formPorthmoach Head namePortmoak PlacePortmoak, eccles. Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 143 Date of citation1165 x 1169 |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
Historic formPortmook Head namePortmoak PlacePortmoak, eccles. Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 1039 Date of citation1471 x 1471 Feature named in sourcepriory and church Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Port Mollock 1654, Blaeu
Historic formPort Mollock Head namePortmoak PlacePortmoak, eccles. Portmoak Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceBlaeu, Fife Date of citation1654 x 1654 |
Source code
Blaeu
Source title
Atlas Novus
Editors
and publisher: Johan Blaeu
Year
1654
Saints in this place-name
Serf (ns) (maybe) See Taylor 2017, 560-1.
Serf of Culross (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of Portmoak, Portmoak, settlement Portmoak
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