Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Blane's Well, Kingarth
Grid reference
NS 094 534 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
209400 653400
Latitude
55.736431711493815
Longitude
-5.0362517641650175
Altitude (metres)
80
County
Bute
Nearby places
Kingarth, parish (Bute) (0 miles)
Kingarth aka Kilblaan, eccles. Kingarth (0.06 miles)
Glen Callum, Kingarth (Bute) (0.45 miles)
St Blane's Stone, Kingarth (0.47 miles)
Suidhe Bhlain, St Blane's Hill, Kingarth (0.56 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
'Within the old enclosure is a reputed Holy Well dedicated to the saint. The usual miraculous virtues are attributed to it. The well is now disused and partly filled in' (OS Name Book 4, 66). Hewison recorded in the late nineteenth century, 'This well is also credited with a virtue remedial of sterility, when the spirit is propitiated with an offering of silver or gold - an exercise in faith very recently observed in more instances than one' (see Márkus 2012, 257).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kingarth, parish (Bute)
Relationships with other places
Within Kingarth aka Kilblaan, eccles. Kingarth
Adjacent St Blane's Stone, Kingarth
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Blane's Well
Head name
St Blane's Well
Place
St Blane's Well, Kingarth
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Blane's Well 1864, OS Object Name Books
Historic formSt Blane's Well Head nameSt Blane's Well PlaceSt Blane's Well, Kingarth Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS Object Name Books, 4, 66 Date of citation1864 x 1864 Notes on the context of this place-nameSurveyors' notes for the OS 6 inch first edn. |
Source code
OS Object Name Books
Author
Ordnance Survey
Source title
Ordnance Survey Object Name Books
Year
18XX-XX
Notes
Surveyors' notes for the OS 6 inch first edn.
Saints in this place-name
Bláán (ns) (certain)
Bláán of Bute (certain)