Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Struan, former parish, Blair Atholl
Grid reference
NN 808 653 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
280800 765300
Latitude
56.7641648159699
Longitude
-3.950230445730849
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Fillan's Church, Struan, Blair Atholl (0 miles)
St Fillan's Well, Struan, Blair Atholl (0.09 miles)
Aldcharmaig, setttlement, Dunkeld (3.6 miles)
Allt Charmaig, burn, DKD/Blair Atholl (3.65 miles)
Blair Atholl, parish (3.72 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (non-extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for Struan church, on a promontory formed by the confluence of the River Garry and the Errochty Water.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Blair Atholl, parish
Relationships with other places
Parish details
Struan now part of Blair Atholl
Parish TLA
SXT
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Struan
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Struan
Place
Struan, former parish, Blair Atholl
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Strowane 1560, Assumption
Historic formStrowane This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameStruan PlaceStruan, former parish, Blair Atholl Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 319 Date of citation1560 x 1570 Feature named in sourceparsonage and vicarage |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
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