Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Columba's Well, Caerlaverock
Grid reference
NX 996 675 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
299600 567500
Latitude
54.991875636575706
Longitude
-3.5694233633993604
Altitude (metres)
5
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
St Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock (0.06 miles)
Kirkconnel, ~eccles. Troqueer (0.94 miles)
Kirkconnel, settlement, Troqueer (1.1 miles)
Kirkconnell Burn, Troqueer/Kirkgunzeon (1.28 miles)
Peter's Cairn, Troqueer (1.37 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records offerings having been left at this holy healing well in 1824. It is now (1964) 'housed in a small concrete structure; the water issues from two narrow pipes into a rough trough'.
Relationships with other parishes
Relationships with other places
Adjoined to St Columba's Chapel, Caerlaverock
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Columba's Well
Head name
St Columba's Well
Place
St Columba's Well, Caerlaverock
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 Columba's Well 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Columba's Well Head nameSt Columba's Well PlaceSt Columba's Well, Caerlaverock 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
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)
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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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