Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Marnan's Chair, Marnoch
Grid reference
NH 597 502 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
259700 850200
Latitude
57.520416824505126
Longitude
-4.34284282295549
County
Banffshire
Nearby places
St John's Church, Episcopal, Knockbain (0.75 miles)
St Andrews Chapel, Killearnan (0.97 miles)
Killearnan, parish aka Ederdour (1.39 miles)
Killearnan eccles., Killearnan (1.39 miles)
St John's Chapel, Knockbain (1.88 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Its name appears late in the record (1966), and refers to a pre-historic standing stone, probably part of an original stone circle (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Marnan's Chair
Head name
St Marnan's Chair
Place
St Marnan's Chair, Marnoch
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 Marnan's Chair 1966, OS 1: 2,500
Historic formSt Marnan's Chair Head nameSt Marnan's Chair PlaceSt Marnan's Chair, Marnoch Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 1: 2,500 Date of citation1966 x 1966 Notes on the context of this place-nameThis series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to. |
Source code
OS 1: 2,500
Source title
Ordnance Survey Map, 1:2,500 scale
Notes
This series of maps goes through several editions and revisions over time. References to these maps will give dates to identify which version of the map is being referred to.
Place-name data
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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
