Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St John the Baptist's Chapel, Tarbat
Grid reference
NH 870 810 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
287000 881000
Latitude
57.804588394554074
Longitude
-3.9017043735587764
County
Ross-shire
Nearby places
Chapel Barr, eccles. Tarbat (1.75 miles)
St Brigit's Chapel, Tarbat (1.96 miles)
Kilmure, Our Lady's chapel, Tarbat (2.61 miles)
Catherine's Cross, cross, Tain (2.63 miles)
St Catherines Cross, settlement, Tain (2.76 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
No remains of this chapel have been identified, but its existence and approximate location are indicated in 1726: 'at Wester Arboll, called John Baptists Chappel lying a large mile to the W. of the church [of Tarbat]' (Geog. Coll. i, 215).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tarbat, parish, ROS
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St John the Baptist's Chapel
Head name
St John the Baptist's Chapel
Place
St John the Baptist's Chapel, Tarbat
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
John Baptists Chappel 1926, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formJohn Baptists Chappel Head nameSt John the Baptist's Chapel PlaceSt John the Baptist's Chapel, Tarbat Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 215 Date of citation1926 x 1926 |
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
John (ns) (certain)
John the Baptist (certain)
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