Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Ninian's Chapel, Kinross
Grid reference
NT 124 994 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
312400 699400
Latitude
56.17924341843734
Longitude
-3.411299588301383
Nearby places
Kinross, parish (1.51 miles)
Cleish, parish (2.03 miles)
Fergusknowe, settlement Kinross (2.08 miles)
Lady Well, Cleish (2.22 miles)
Fergus Knowe, relief Kinross (2.24 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
For discssion of the chapel and its likely location, see Taylor (with McNiven & Williamson), 'The Place-Names of Kinross-shire' (Donington, 2017), 307-8.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kinross, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella Divi Niniani
Head name
Capella Divi Niniani
Place
St Ninian's Chapel, Kinross
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The status of this name is
Obsolete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
Capella Divi Niniani 1536, RMS
Historic formCapella Divi Niniani Head nameCapella Divi Niniani PlaceSt Ninian's Chapel, Kinross Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iv no. 1269 Date of citation1536 x 1536 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Ninian (ns) (certain)
Ninian of Whithorn (certain)
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