Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Dalmarnock, settlement, Little Dunkeld
Grid reference
NN 997 455 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
299700 745500
Latitude
56.590790024112536
Longitude
-3.633448450109489
Altitude (metres)
70
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Colme's Mould, Dunkeld & Dowally (0.38 miles)
Inchmagrannachan, Little Dunkeld (0.71 miles)
St Colme's, settlement Dunkeld & Dowally (0.89 miles)
St Anne's Church, Dowally, Dunkeld & Dowally (1.57 miles)
Dowally, former parish, Dunkeld & Dowally (1.57 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It lies on the west bank of the River Tay, which here forms the boundary between Little Dunkeld and (to the east of the river) a detached part of Dunkeld & Dowally. Nearby on the hillside above it is Dalmarnock Wood (OS Digimap, OS 6 inch 1st edn).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Little Dunkeld, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Dalmarnock
Head name
Dalmarnock
Place
Dalmarnock, settlement, Little Dunkeld
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
Dulmonych 1189, Scone Lib.
Historic formDulmonych Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement, Little Dunkeld Certainty that this name applies to this placeProbable SourceScone Lib. Date of citation1189 x 1203 Feature named in sourcethanage |
Associated person or bodyBishop of Dunkeld Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
Source code
Scone Lib.
Source title
Liber Ecclesie de Scon
Series
Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs
Year
1843
Historic formDulmernok Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement, Little Dunkeld Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, i no. 729 Date of citation1383 x 1383 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Dulmernocht 1560, Assumption
Historic formDulmernocht Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement, Little Dunkeld Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceAssumption, 336 Date of citation1560 x 1570 |
Source code
Assumption
Source title
The Books of Assumption of the Thirds of Benefices: Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals at the Reformation
Editors
J. Kirk
Series
Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, 21
Year
1995
Dalmarnoch 1793, OSA
Historic formDalmarnoch Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement, Little Dunkeld Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, vol. 6 p381 Date of citation1793 x 1793 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Dalmarnock 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formDalmarnock Head nameDalmarnock PlaceDalmarnock, settlement, Little Dunkeld Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Ernán, Ernaíne, Mo Ernóc, Marnan (ns) (certain)
Ernán, uncle of Columba (maybe)
Mo Ernóc m. Cruisíne (maybe)