Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Drostan's Kirk, Canisbay
Grid reference
ND 343 728 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
334300 972800
Latitude
58.638466016388186
Longitude
-3.1318604545853184
Altitude (metres)
15
County
Caithness
Nearby places
Canisbay, parish (0 miles)
St John's Head, Canisbay (2.46 miles)
St John's Chapel, Canisbay (2.46 miles)
Ladykirk, eccles. Canisbay (2.69 miles)
St Maddan's Chapel, Freswick, Canisbay (4.12 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The church, possibly fifteenth-century, is built on a mound which covers the ruins of a broch, and some evidence suggests that there may have been an earlier church here (Canmore ID 9415).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Canisbay, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Drostan's Kirk
Head name
St Drostan's Kirk
Place
St Drostan's Kirk, Canisbay
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
St Turstan's 1724, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formSt Turstan's Head nameSt Drostan's Kirk PlaceSt Drostan's Kirk, Canisbay Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 156 Date of citation1724 x 1724 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
Saints in this place-name
Drostan, Troscan (ns) (probable)
Drostan (probable)
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