Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dull, parish
Grid reference
NN 806 491 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
280600 749100
Latitude
56.618645077429136
Longitude
-3.945979307291162
Nearby places
St Ninian's Chapel, Dull (0 miles)
St Adomnán's Church, Dull (0.06 miles)
Tobar Eonain, Dull (0.2 miles)
Kammer-awnan, setlement, Dull (0.26 miles)
Balhomais, Dull (1.07 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NGR for the parish church of Dull. It had four sanctuary crosses in 1842. A Class III slab, 8th-century cross recovered on excavation inside the church in 2003 (NMRS). The parish is also known as Appin of Dull (Appin na Dow in circa 1630, Geog. Coll. ii, 599)
Relationships with other places
Contains Amulree, settlement Dull
Contains Balhomais, Dull
Contains Cill-Fhionn, eccles., Dull
Contains Croftmoraig, Kenmore - formerly Dull
Contains Kammer-awnan, setlement, Dull
Contains St Adomnán's Church, Dull
Contains St Coittag's Well, Dull (formerly Kenmore)
Contains St Coittag's Well, Dull (formerly Kenmore)
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Dull
Contains St Ninian's Chapel, Dull
Contains Strath Fionan, Dull
Contains Tobar Eonain, Dull
Contains Tobar Eonain, Dull
Contains Tom Orain, Dull
Parish TLA
DUL
County
Perthshire
Medieval diocese
Dunkeld
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dull
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Dull
Place
Dull, parish
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?
Maybe
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formDul This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameDull PlaceDull, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRRS ii, no. 333 Date of citation1189 x 1195 Feature named in sourcechurch |
Associated person or bodyWilliam I, king of Scots Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain Associated person or bodyEarl of Atholl Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain Associated person or bodySt Andrews Priory Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
RRS ii
Source title
Regesta Regum Scottorum, the Acts of William I
Editors
G. W. S. Barrow
Year
1971
Dull' 1265, St A. Lib.
Historic formDull' This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameDull PlaceDull, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceSt A. Lib., 349 Date of citation1265 x 1265 Feature named in sourceThomas uicarius de |
Source code
St A. Lib.
Source title
Liber Cartarum Prioratus Sancti Andree in Scotia
Series
Bannatyne Club
Year
1841
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