Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tarbat, parish, ROS
Grid reference
NH 915 840 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
291500 884000
Latitude
57.83263669426345
Longitude
-3.827380275815826
Nearby places
St Colman's Church, Tarbat (0.06 miles)
Portmahomack, settlement, Tarbat (0.06 miles)
Colman's Well, Tarbat (0.26 miles)
Mary's Well, by Ballone, Tarbat (0.78 miles)
St Brigit's Chapel, Tarbat (1.55 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other places
Contains Chapel Barr, eccles. Tarbat
Contains Colman's Well, Tarbat
Contains Creag na Baintighearna, Tarbat
Contains Kilmure, Our Lady's chapel, Tarbat
Contains Kilmure, Our Lady's chapel, Tarbat
Contains Mary's Well, by Ballone, Tarbat
Contains Our Lady's Haven, Tarbat ROS
Contains Our Lady's Well, Tarbat
Contains Portmahomack, settlement, Tarbat
Contains St Brigit's Chapel, Tarbat
Contains St Colman's Church, Tarbat
Contains St John the Baptist's Chapel, Tarbat
Parish details
Formerly contained the parish of Fearn (FEA), created 1628.
Parish TLA
TBT
County
Ross-shire
Medieval diocese
Ross
Parish notes
No changes noted in Shennan 1892.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tarbat
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Tarbat
Place
Tarbat, parish, ROS
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formTerbert This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameTarbat PlaceTarbat, parish, ROS Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceNAS, GD297/189 Date of citation1261 x 1529 |
Associated person or bodyFearn Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
NAS
Source title
National Archives
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
