Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dalmary, settlement Drymen
Grid reference
NS 512 955 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
251200 695500
Latitude
56.12905306616019
Longitude
-4.394324792247137
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
St Mary's Chapel, Drymen (0.36 miles)
Aberfoyle, parish (3.06 miles)
Bad Malio, Aberfoyle (3.15 miles)
Fielbarachan, Aberfoyle (3.43 miles)
St Maha's Well, Buchanan (4.19 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
In support of this being a hagiotoponym is the fact that Chapellaroch DRY is said to be the site of a chapel of the BVM (belonging to Inchmahome), about 560 metres to the NE of Dalmary. The NGR given is for the settlement called Dalmary on OS 6 inch 1st edn. The name now applies to a wider township in the vicinity. It also gives itself to OS Digimap Dalmary Lodge (NS516955)and Dalmary Cottage (NS517954).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Drymen, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dalmary
Head name
Dalmary
Place
Dalmary, settlement Drymen
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
Dalmary 1865, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formDalmary Head nameDalmary PlaceDalmary, settlement Drymen 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
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Mary the Blessed Virgin (probable)
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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