Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Martin's Chapel, Wick
Grid reference
ND 335 418 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
333500 941800
Latitude
58.359952272275976
Longitude
-3.1366072237732485
Altitude (metres)
45
County
Caithness
Nearby places
St Cuthbert's Church, Wick (5.22 miles)
St Ninian's Chapel, Wick (5.8 miles)
St Fergus' Well, Wick (5.93 miles)
Wick, parish (5.99 miles)
St Fergus' Church, Wick (5.99 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
In 1726 the parish minister, Mr Oliphant, recorded, 'the house of Ulbster, and betwixt it and the sea side stands a chappell called St. Martines Chappell now erected into a tomb and is the burial place of the family of Ulbster' (Geog. Coll. i, 160). The mausoleum built on the site appears to have been built circa 1700 (NMRS), but a Pictish cross-slab suggests much earlier occupation by possible ecclesiastical building(s).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Wick, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Martin's Chapel
Head name
St Martin's Chapel
Place
St Martin's Chapel, Wick
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. Martines Chappell 1726, Geog. Coll. I
Historic formSt. Martines Chappell Head nameSt Martin's Chapel PlaceSt Martin's Chapel, Wick Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. I, 160 Date of citation1726 x 1726 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. I
Author
Arthur Mitchell (Sir)
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Series
Scottish History Society
Volume
1 of 3
Year
1906
Saints in this place-name
Martin (ns) (certain)
Martin of Tours (certain)
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