Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Margaret's Craig, Dunfermline
Grid reference
NT 044 958 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
304400 695800
Latitude
56.14536927704897
Longitude
-3.5388415047033637
Altitude (metres)
295
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Margaret's Burn, SLN/CLE (0.92 miles)
Gartwhinzean, settlement Fossoway (2.17 miles)
Saline, parish (2.43 miles)
Tullibole, former parish, Fossoway (3.17 miles)
Lady Well, Cleish (3.23 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
OS Name Book (2,36) states that it is 'a rugged precipice on the north side of Weather Hill joining the parish boundary'. It is this liminal position, in the north-west corner of DFL, which probably gave rise to the name, signalling the boundary of the parish whose chief saint was St Margaret'.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Dunfermline, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Margaret's Burn, SLN/CLE
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Margaret's Craig
Head name
St Margaret's Craig
Place
St Margaret's Craig, Dunfermline
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
St Margaret's Craig 1855, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Margaret's Craig Head nameSt Margaret's Craig PlaceSt Margaret's Craig, Dunfermline Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. 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
Margaret (ns) (certain)
Margaret of Scotland (certain)
Place-name data
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