Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Bad Mhairtein, Reay
Grid reference
NC 930 540 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
293000 954000
Latitude
58.46146741548287
Longitude
-3.8341814317369014
County
Caithness
Nearby places
Loch Bad Mhartein, Reay (0.53 miles)
Cnoc Bad Mhartein, Reay (0.55 miles)
Blàr Mairi, Reay (5.46 miles)
Loch Caluim, Halkirk and Reay (5.81 miles)
Reay, parish (7.12 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The name is inferred from nearby Loch Bad Mhairtein and Cnoc Bad Mhairtein.
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Bad Mhairtein
Head name
Bad Mhairtein
Place
Bad Mhairtein, Reay
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Martin (ns) (maybe)
Martin of Tours (maybe)
Relationships with other place names
Derives from Cnoc Bad Mhartein, Cnoc Bad Mhartein, Reay
Derives from Loch Bad, Loch Bad Mhartein, Reay
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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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
