Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Mungo's Well, Lanark
Grid reference
NS 882 435 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
288200 643500
Latitude
55.67211538238566
Longitude
-3.77784706625678
County
Lanarkshire
Nearby places
St Nicholas Church (medieval), Lanark (0.09 miles)
St Nicholas's Church (modern), Lanark (0.09 miles)
St Leonard's Church (modern), Lanark (0.14 miles)
St Kentigern's Church, Lanark (0.36 miles)
Lanark, parish (0.36 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS describes the well at NS88214359, uncovered when electrical cable was being laid.
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Kentigern's Church, Lanark
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Mungo's Well
Head name
St Mungo's Well
Place
St Mungo's Well, Lanark
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Saints in this place-name
Kentigern, Mungo, Mo Choe (ns) (certain)
Kentigern of Glasgow (certain)
Place-name data
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
