Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mirren's Well, Kilsyth
Grid reference
NS 723 795 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
272300 679500
Latitude
55.991485777136305
Longitude
-4.047441712022954
Altitude (metres)
170
County
Stirlingshire
Nearby places
Kilsyth, aka Monyabroch, parish (1.2 miles)
St Tartan's Well, Kilsyth (1.23 miles)
Kirk o' Muir, eccles. St Ninians (3.14 miles)
Kirk o' Muir, former parish, St Ninians (3.14 miles)
Cumbernauld, modern parish (3.34 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records: St Mirren's Well, a spring, is now enclosed within a modern building, and its water, which must originally have drained into the moss, is piped to Colzium. Beside the building is an unshaped stone, 3' x 2'4" x 10", bearing near the top the date 1687 in large contemporary figures. The stone could not be raised for its other face to be examined (Canmore ID: 45896).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mirren's Well
Head name
St Mirren's Well
Place
St Mirren's Well, Kilsyth
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 Mirron's
Historic formSt Mirron's Head nameSt Mirren's Well PlaceSt Mirren's Well, Kilsyth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xviii, 229 Date of citation1796 x 1796 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Mirren's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Mirren's Well Head nameSt Mirren's Well PlaceSt Mirren's Well, Kilsyth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 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
Mirren, Muirenn (ns) (certain)
Mirren of Paisley (doubtful)
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