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St Coittag's Well, Dull (formerly Kenmore)
Grid reference
NN 851 383 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
285100 738300
Latitude
56.52278455698361
Longitude
-3.8678955790208027
Altitude (metres)
280
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Cill-Fhionn, eccles., Dull (0 miles)
Tom Orain, Dull (1.32 miles)
Corry Henzie, Crieff (2.42 miles)
Amulree, ford, Little Dunkeld x Dull (3.19 miles)
Amulree, settlement Dull (3.21 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The supposed well lies on land which was formerly a detached part of Kenmore parish, and near the site of a proposed chapel (see Cill-Fhionn, Dull). Kenmore's church was dedicated to Céti, bishop of Iona, and Coittag would be an acceptable reduction of a possible *Mo-Chétóg, a hypocorism of Céti. NMRS records the presence of a small chapel and burial ground in association with the well, and indicates that the well was 'stil resorted to in 1784' as a treatment for disease.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dull, parish
Within Dull, parish
Within Kenmore, parish (formerly Inchadney) (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Cill-Fhionn, eccles., Dull
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Coittag's Well
Head name
St Coittag's Well
Place
St Coittag's Well, Dull (formerly Kenmore)
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
St Coittag's Well 1784
Historic formSt Coittag's Well Head nameSt Coittag's Well PlaceSt Coittag's Well, Dull (formerly Kenmore) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1784 x 1784 |
St Coittag's Well 1784
Historic formSt Coittag's Well Head nameSt Coittag's Well PlaceSt Coittag's Well, Dull (formerly Kenmore) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1784 x 1784 |
Author
Taylor, Simon
Source title
Iona Abbots in Scottish Place-Names
Editors
Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy
Pages
35-70
Volume
Spes Scotorum, Hope of Scots:
Year
1999
St Coittag's Well 1784
Historic formSt Coittag's Well Head nameSt Coittag's Well PlaceSt Coittag's Well, Dull (formerly Kenmore) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain Date of citation1784 x 1784 |