Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Gargunnock, parish
Grid reference
NS 707 943 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
270700 694300
Latitude
56.12395779167274
Longitude
-4.0802210890398785
Nearby places
Craigmakessoch, Gargunnock (0.78 miles)
St Colm's Glen, Gargunnock (1.53 miles)
Lady's Well, Gargunnock (2.52 miles)
Kincardine-in-Menteith, parish (2.87 miles)
St Lolan's Church, Kincardine in Menteith (2.87 miles)
Object Classification
Parish (extant in 1975)
Notes
NGR for the Gargunnock parish church, rebuilt 1774, but possibly on the site of a medieval building. It lies about 80 metres NE of Keir Hill.
Relationships with other places
Contains Craigmakessoch, Gargunnock
Contains Lady's Well, Gargunnock
Contains Lady's Well, Gargunnock
Contains St Colm's Glen, Gargunnock
Parish details
In 1615 it is listed among the pendics of Kirkton/St Ninians, 'viz capellis sive ecclesiis de Lairbar, Donypace, Mure et Gargunnok' (RMS vii no. 1222). It is not clear at this stage whether Gargunnock is here being recorded as a 'capella' or an 'ecclesia'.
Parish TLA
GGK
County
Stirlingshire
Medieval diocese
St Andrews
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Gargunnock
This is not a hagiotoponym.Head name
Gargunnock
Place
Gargunnock, parish
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
Historic formGargunnok This is not a hagiotoponym. Head nameGargunnock PlaceGargunnock, parish Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, vii no. 1222 Date of citation1615 x 1615 Feature named in sourcechapel or kirk Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Associated person or bodyCambuskenneth Abbey Certainty of identity of person or bodyCertain |
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
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