Talk:Drostan

Aberdour or Aberdeen?

This article seems to indicate that Aberdour and Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire/Buchan are in the same area (which they aren't.) So which was this guy's locale? 66.229.160.94 19:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

No idea myself, but there are dedications which may be to Drostan from Old Deer down to Aberdour, via Aberdeen and Arbroath (the Drosten Stone). Always assuming that there was just the one Saint Drostan, which may well be wrong. Angus McLellan (Talk) 20:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

There is an Aberdour Bay and House and village called New Aberdour in Buchan, as well as the settlement in Fife, it may be the former Aberdours that is referred to here. User:Felishumanus —Preceding comment was added at 15:16, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes the commentators are correct and I have substituted New Aberdour for Aberdour (there is no Wikipedia page for Aberdour in Buchan). I note that this issue was left hanging for 18 years. Freuchie (talk) 17:07, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Biography

The text says "The Pictish ruler of that country gave them the site of Deir, fourteen miles farther inland" Inland from where? Old Deer is only 11.4 miles from Aberdour and 9.5 from Peterhead. It does not seem to be 14 miles from anywhere, never mind "inland". Freuchie (talk) 16:50, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

The text says "The Pictish ruler of that country gave them the site of Deir, fourteen miles farther inland, where they established a monastery, and when St. Columba returned to Iona he left St. Drostan there as abbot of the new foundation which some sources say received royal support because of its proximity to the Pictish capital of Craig Phadrig, near Inverness.[4]" This is fatuous. Old Deer is some 83 miles from Craig Phadrig. The reference cited is a joke. No sensible person would use it in this way. The number of errors on that page are astronomical. Freuchie (talk) 17:00, 11 August 2024 (UTC)