Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Eunan's Well, Forglen
Grid reference
NJ 683 498 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
368300 849800
Latitude
57.53745601597871
Longitude
-2.529539961014782
Altitude (metres)
60
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
St Eunon's Chapel, Forglen (0.06 miles)
Forglen, parish (0.06 miles)
St Peter's Well, Forglen (0.74 miles)
St Carnac's Chapel, Turriff (1.18 miles)
Lady's Wood, Turriff (1.59 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS notes on this site: The site of St Eunon's or Adamnan's Chapel remains a well-marked knowe; and his well is still in daily use. W D Simpson 1936. The NGR given is for the well marked on OS Maps as 'Chapel Well', a short distance from St Eunan's Chapel, on the assumption that this is the well identified by Mackinlay 1914, 59 and Simpson 1936 (see preceding note).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Eunan's Well
Head name
St Eunan's Well
Place
St Eunan's Well, Forglen
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Eunan's Well 1904, MacKinlay 1914
Historic formSt Eunan's Well Head nameSt Eunan's Well PlaceSt Eunan's Well, Forglen Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceMacKinlay 1914, 59 Date of citation1904 x 1904 Notes on the context of this place-nameSometimes abbreviated ACDS:NS |
Source code
MacKinlay 1914
Author
J. M. MacKinlay
Source title
Ancient Church Dedications in Scotland: Non-scriptural
Year
1914
Notes
Sometimes abbreviated ACDS:NS
Saints in this place-name
Adomnán (ns) (certain)
Adomnán m. Rónáin of Iona (certain)
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