Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Cattan's Well, Kingarth (Bute)
Grid reference
NS 100 566 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
210000 656600
Latitude
55.76538276626011
Longitude
-5.028934921238611
Altitude (metres)
25
County
Bute
Nearby places
Kilchattan, ~eccles. Kingarth (0 miles)
Kilchattan, settlement Kingarth (0.06 miles)
Little Kilchattan, Kingarth (0.09 miles)
Meikle Kilchattan, Kingarth (0.48 miles)
Suidhe Chatain, Kingarth (1.19 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On the location of this well, see Márkus 2012, 257-8.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kingarth, parish (Bute)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Kilchattan, ~eccles. Kingarth
Adjacent Kilchattan, settlement Kingarth
Adjacent Suidhe Chatain, Kingarth
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Cattan's Well
Head name
St Cattan's Well
Place
St Cattan's Well, Kingarth (Bute)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Cattan's Well 1864, OS Object Name Books
Historic formSt Cattan's Well Head nameSt Cattan's Well PlaceSt Cattan's Well, Kingarth (Bute) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS Object Name Books, 4, 43 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
Cattán (ns) (certain)
Cattán of Bute (certain)
Cattán m. Matáin (probable)
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Modern OS map:
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