Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Conall's Well, Kirkconnel KCL
Grid reference
NS 720 150 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
272000 615000
Latitude
55.41216324777702
Longitude
-4.022105967378127
Altitude (metres)
240
County
Dumfriesshire
Nearby places
Kirkconnel, parish KCL (0.19 miles)
St Connel's Church, eccles, Kirkconnel KCL (0.19 miles)
St Connell's Grave, Kirkconnel KCL (1.11 miles)
Kirkconnel Parish Church, (modern) KCL (1.75 miles)
Kirkconnel, settlement, Kirkconnel KCL (1.75 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
Geog. Coll. iii, 197 records (1665 x 1733): 'Sanctus Congallus, who lived in a Cell by the vestiges of its foundation yet perceptible, hard by the fountain he did usually drink of called Fons Convalli or St. Conall's Well, at the foot of an Hill where Kirkconall Church is situate'.
Relationships with other places
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Conall's Well
Head name
St Conall's Well
Place
St Conall's Well, Kirkconnel KCL
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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. Conall's Well 1665, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formSt. Conall's Well Head nameSt Conall's Well PlaceSt Conall's Well, Kirkconnel KCL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 197 Date of citation1665 x 1733 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Fons Convalli 1665, Geog. Coll. III
Historic formFons Convalli Head nameSt Conall's Well PlaceSt Conall's Well, Kirkconnel KCL Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceGeog. Coll. III, 197 Date of citation1665 x 1733 |
Source code
Geog. Coll. III
Source title
Macfarlane's Geographical Collections
Editors
Arthur Mitchel and James Toshach Clark
Series
Scottish History Society
Year
1908
Saints in this place-name
Conall, Conual, Conval, Cynfal (ns) (certain)
Conall m. Áeda of Cluain Dalláin (maybe)
Conval of Eastwood (maybe)
Conval of Inchinnan (maybe)
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