Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Michael's Hill, Tarvit, Cupar
Grid reference
NO 379 145 (assumed location)
Six-figure easting & northing
337900 714500
Latitude
56.31890830216903
Longitude
-3.004106109603605
County
Fife
Nearby places
St Michael's Church, Tarvit, Cupar (0 miles)
Tarvit, former parish, Cupar x Ceres (0 miles)
Lady Burn, Monimail/Cupar (0.12 miles)
St Catherine's Cottage, Cupar (0.14 miles)
St Catherine's Haugh, Cupar (0.18 miles)
Object Classification
Relief
Is linear feature?
No
Relationships with other parishes
Within Cupar, parish
Within Tarvit, former parish, Cupar x Ceres (formerly)
Relationships with other places
Contains St Michael's Church, Tarvit, Cupar
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Michael's Hill
Head name
St Michael's Hill
Place
St Michael's Hill, Tarvit, Cupar
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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 Michael's Hill 1796, OSA
Historic formSt Michael's Hill Head nameSt Michael's Hill PlaceSt Michael's Hill, Tarvit, Cupar Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOSA, xvii, 147 Date of citation1796 x 1796 |
Source code
OSA
Source title
Old Statistical Account
Saints in this place-name
Michael (ns) (certain)
Michael, Archangel (certain)