Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Fittick's Ness, Nigg KCD
Grid reference
NJ 973 053 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
397300 805300
Latitude
57.13877882037838
Longitude
-2.0446165266661565
County
Kincardineshire
Nearby places
St Fittick's Well, Nigg (0.7 miles)
Nigg, parish KCD, d. StA (0.73 miles)
St Fittick's Church, Nigg KCD (0.73 miles)
St Fittick's Bay, Nigg KCD (1.14 miles)
Peterseat, Nigg NIG, KCD (1.34 miles)
Object Classification
Coastal
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
This name refers to the promontory on which St Fittick's Church stands.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Nigg, parish KCD, d. StA
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Fittick's Bay, Nigg KCD
Adjacent St Fittick's Church, Nigg KCD
Adjacent St Fittick's Well, Nigg
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Fittick's Ness
Head name
St Fittick's Ness
Place
St Fittick's Ness, Nigg KCD
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
S: Mafytaes-ness 1583, Pont MS
Historic formS: Mafytaes-ness Head nameSt Fittick's Ness PlaceSt Fittick's Ness, Nigg KCD Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 11: Lower Deeside Date of citation1583 x 1596 Notes on the context of this place-nameAlso printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web. |
Source code
Pont MS
Author
Timothy Pont
Source title
Pont Manuscript
Year
1590x1610
Notes
Also printed in Stone 1989. Originals held by NLS; these have all been digitised and can be consulted in the NLS Map Library; also on the web.
Saints in this place-name
Fittick, Photinus (ns) (certain)
Fittick of Nigg, aka Photinus (certain)
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