Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Colm's Well, Belhelvie
Grid reference
NJ 969 196 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
396900 819600
Latitude
57.26724753797015
Longitude
-2.051404590467788
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
Belhelvie, parish (0 miles)
St Colman's Church, Belhelvie (0 miles)
Foveran, parish (2.94 miles)
St Peter's Well, Foveran (3.05 miles)
Cowstane Hirst, Foveran (4.22 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS states that the basin from the well is now in the garden of Belhelvie Manse serving as a bird-bath (1964).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Colm's Well
Head name
St Colm's Well
Place
St Colm's Well, Belhelvie
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
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?
No
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (maybe)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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