Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Marnock's Kirk, Arbirlot?
Grid reference
NO 601 405 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
360100 740500
Latitude
56.55489531269523
Longitude
-2.649152216757682
County
Angus
Nearby places
Arbirlot, parish (0 miles)
St John's hospital/chapel, Arbroath & St Vigeans (1.43 miles)
St Vigean's Toft, Arbroath & St Vigeans (2.02 miles)
St Thomas's Ch. modern Arbroath & St Vig. (2.23 miles)
St Sebastian's Lands, Arbroath and St Vigeans (2.44 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The building at this site, the parish kirk of Arbirlot, is modern. There is no masonry surviving of the earlier building (NMRS), though earlier monuments stand in the kirkyard. The location and identification of this church are inferred from Pont MS no. 26, which shows Mernoks K
Relationships with other parishes
Within Arbirlot, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Marnock's Kirk
Head name
St Marnock's Kirk
Place
St Marnock's Kirk, Arbirlot?
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
Historic formMernoks K Head nameSt Marnock's Kirk PlaceSt Marnock's Kirk, Arbirlot? Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourcePont MS, no. 26: Lower Angus and Perthshire east of Tay 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.
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