Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Pol Mahalmick, Crathie & Braemar
Grid reference
NO 306 961 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
330600 796100
Latitude
57.0509081993566
Longitude
-3.1441313952423906
Nearby places
St Columba's Chapel, Crathie & Braemar (1.55 miles)
Crathie, former parish, Crathie & Braemar (2.74 miles)
St Manir's Church, Crathie & Braemar (2.74 miles)
Glenmuick Tullich & Glengairn (2.81 miles)
St Mungo's Chapel, Glengairn (2.9 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A salmon pool on the River Dee, marked on a map of salmon pools on the wall of Craiglarrach Cottage near Aboyne. Undated. Information from Prof. Dauvit Broun. Note the presence of St Columba's Chapel to the south-west in this parish.
Relationships with other parishes
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Pol Mahalmick
Head name
Pol Mahalmick
Place
Pol Mahalmick, Crathie & Braemar
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
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
Saints in this place-name
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb, Colmán, Commán, Mo Cholmóc, Mo Chommóc, Mo Chumma, Columba, Columbanus etc (ns) (certain)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)
Columb Cille m. Feidlimid (probable)
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
