Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Tanglan's Well, Tarves
Grid reference
NJ 869 311 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
386900 831100
Latitude
57.37038379719006
Longitude
-2.2178352375818307
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Tarves, parish (0 miles)
St John's Chapel, Ythsie, Tarves (1.12 miles)
St John's Chapel, Shethin, Tarves (1.32 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Methlick (2.34 miles)
Auchnieve, settlement Tarves (2.62 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS: Tanglan's Well is still shown near the church and on the River Ythan is Tanglandford.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Tarves, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Tanglan's Well
Head name
Tanglan's Well
Place
Tanglan's Well, Tarves
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
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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
