Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Bridget's Chapel, Monifieth
Grid reference
NO 471 350 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
347100 735000
Latitude
56.50419942600817
Longitude
-2.859512118938049
Altitude (metres)
80
County
Angus
Nearby places
St Brides, settlement Monifieth (0.12 miles)
St Bride's Ring, Monifieth (0.26 miles)
Murroes, parish (0.68 miles)
Eglismonichty, eccl. Monifieth (1.66 miles)
Ballumby, former parish, Murroes (1.81 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
It lies 270 metres from the western boundary of Monifieth, where it marches with Murroes parish. NMRS says its ruins were removed around 1832 (NSA).
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Bridget's Chapel
Head name
St Bridget's Chapel
Place
St Bridget's Chapel, Monifieth
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?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Brig, Brigit, Bride (ns) (certain)
Brigit ingen Dubthaig (of Kildare) (certain)
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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