Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Nine Maidens' Well, Auchindoir & Kearn
Grid reference
NJ 498 183 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
349800 818300
Latitude
57.25282446503058
Longitude
-2.832109595181263
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Machar's Haugh, Kildrummy (0.43 miles)
St Machar's Chapel, Kildrummy (0.57 miles)
Macharshaugh, settlement Kildrummy (0.57 miles)
Forbes, frmr parish, Tullynessle & Forbes (1.56 miles)
St Bride's Chapel, Kildrummy (1.69 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS Name Book records that this spring is near the site where 'nine young women were slain by a boar'. The Boar's Stone marks the spot where the boar was slain by a young man named Archencar (NMRS, q.v. for further discussion of traditions and a carved stone associated with the welll). Note that OS Digimap shows two wells of this name, the other being 530 metres to the north-west of this one. But this second one is shown as 'Laird's Well' on OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Auchindoir & Kearn
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Nine Maidens' Well
Head name
Nine Maidens' Well
Place
Nine Maidens' Well, Auchindoir & Kearn
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Nine Maidens Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formNine Maidens Well Head nameNine Maidens' Well PlaceNine Maidens' Well, Auchindoir & Kearn 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
Nine Maidens (ns) (certain)
Nine Maidens (certain)
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