Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Colm's Well, Birse
Grid reference
NO 493 880 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
349300 788000
Latitude
56.98057924757011
Longitude
-2.834255548089818
Altitude (metres)
705
County
Aberdeenshire
Nearby places
St Colm's Well, Aboyne & Glentanar (0 miles)
Hill of St Colm ABG x Birse (0.36 miles)
Katrine Grain, burn, Aboyne & Glentanar (1.55 miles)
Craigmahandle, GTG / Birse (1.6 miles)
Droustie's Meadow, Lochlee (5.18 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
On Gannoch hill. Close to Hill of St Colm, both of them on the parish boundary.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Birse, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent Hill of St Colm ABG x Birse
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Colm's Well
Head name
St Colm's Well
Place
St Colm's Well, Birse
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 Com's well 1793, OSA
Historic formSt Com's well Head nameSt Colm's Well PlaceSt Colm's Well, Birse Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, ix, 108 Date of citation1793 x 1793 Feature named in sourcewell |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
St Colm's Well 1869, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Colm's Well Head nameSt Colm's Well PlaceSt Colm's Well, Birse Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn., Aberdeen Sheet CII Date of citation1869 x 1869 Feature named in sourcewell 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 (maybe)
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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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