Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bennet's Well, Duffus
Grid reference
NJ 171 677 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
317100 867700
Latitude
57.69172979655618
Longitude
-3.390752308315875
Altitude (metres)
9
Nearby places
St Lawrence's Well, well, Duffus (0.5 miles)
St Peter's Kirk, Duffus (0.59 miles)
Duffus, parish (0.59 miles)
St Peter's Well, well, Duffus (0.62 miles)
Michael Kirk, Ogston, Drainie (1.5 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Close to Philaxdale.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Duffus, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Bennet's Well
Head name
St Bennet's Well
Place
St Bennet's Well, Duffus
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Bennet's Well 1906, OS 6 inch second edn.
Historic formSt Bennet's Well Head nameSt Bennet's Well PlaceSt Bennet's Well, Duffus SourceOS 6 inch second edn. Date of citation1906 x 1906 |
Source code
OS 6 inch second edn.
Source title
OS 6 inch second edition
Saints in this place-name
Benedict (ns) (certain)
Benedict of Nursia (certain)
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