Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Margaret's Kirk, Sandness, WAS Shetland
Grid reference
HU 191 576 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
419100 115760
Latitude
60.302647255246534
Longitude
-1.654372911873983
Altitude (metres)
10
County
Shetland
Nearby places
Sandness, former parish WAS (Shetland) (0 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel WAS (0.53 miles)
Papastour, former parish, WAS (Shetland) (1.72 miles)
Peter's Water, Sandsting (3.65 miles)
Catherine's Water, Sandsting (Shetland) (5.16 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records a symbol stone from this site (horseshoe, rectangle and mirror) which is now lost.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Margaret's Kirk
Head name
St Margaret's Kirk
Place
St Margaret's Kirk, Sandness, WAS Shetland
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Margaret (ns) (certain)
Margaret of Scotland (probable)
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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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
