Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Fearn, modern parish ROS
Grid reference
NH 838 773 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
283800 877300
Latitude
57.770551342876445
Longitude
-3.9537266280746075
Nearby places
Our Lady's Haven, Tarbat ROS (1.97 miles)
St Catherines Cross, settlement, Tain (2 miles)
Catherine's Cross, cross, Tain (2.02 miles)
Creag na Baintighearna, Tarbat (2.14 miles)
Our Lady's Well, Tarbat (2.14 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Is linear feature?
No
Parish details
Fearn formerly part of Tarbat TBT, disjoined 1626 x 1628.
Parish TLA
FEA
County
Ross-shire
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Fearn
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Fearn
Place
Fearn, modern parish ROS
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?
No
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Place-name data
The place-name data featured in this resource is copyright of the University of Glasgow.
Map Layers
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Satellite map:
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Satellite map with labels:
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Modern OS map:
Ordnance Survey OpenData. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right (2010)
OS 1840-1880 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
OS 1920-1933 map:
National Library of Scotland Historic Maps
