Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Patrick's Well, Portpatrick
Grid reference
NX 001 541 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
200100 554100
Latitude
54.84164329416801
Longitude
-5.113543357306602
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Portpatrick, modern parish (0.14 miles)
Chapel Patrick, Portpatrick (0.14 miles)
Port Patrick, port, Portpatrick (0.19 miles)
Killantringan, ~eccles., Portpatrick (1.36 miles)
Craig Anthony, Portpatrick (1.65 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records a local tradition that the impressions of the knees and left hand of St Patrick were visible on the rock beside the well. The well is no longer visible, that water having been piped away (1916).
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Chapel Patrick, Portpatrick
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Patrick's Well
Head name
St Patrick's Well
Place
St Patrick's Well, Portpatrick
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 Patrick's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Patrick's Well Head nameSt Patrick's Well PlaceSt Patrick's Well, Portpatrick 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
Pátraic, Patrick (ns) (certain)
Pátraic m. Calprainn of Ireland (certain)
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