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Tobar Mhoire

Well (Medieval)

Site Name Tobar Mhoire

Classification Well (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Mar Lodge Estate

Canmore ID 27743

Site Number NO08NE 5

NGR NO 08467 89212

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Crathie And Braemar
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Kincardine And Deeside
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NO08NE 5 0845 8919.

St Mary's Well at Inverey has a legendary association with the 7th century St Nathalan. (A Gibb 1884)

A photograph by Blundell (F O Blundell 1909) shows it to be a recess in a bank, formed of stone slabs with the back slab inscribed with a cross and the words "Tobar Mhoire" with a pipe discharging onto a stone slab below.

A Gibb 1884; F O Blundell 1909.

"Tobar n Mhoire," at NO 0845 8919, as illustrated by Blundell. No local knowledge of any "holy" properties.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (R L) 17 October 1967.

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