Fearnoch,'chapel Well'
Well (Medieval)
Site Name Fearnoch,'chapel Well'
Classification Well (Medieval)
Canmore ID 40457
Site Number NS07NW 3
NGR NS 02089 76416
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Inverchaolain
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NS07NW 3 0208 7641
(NS 0207 7641) Well (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
Alternatively named "Chapel Well" or "Priests' Well", this is situated about 30 yds S of NS07NW 2. It is oblong, measuring 3' by 1'6" its sides being formed by four flat rough stones. The name is well known locally, but there is no tradition connected with it though it is looked upon as an antiquity and connected with the old church (sic).
Name Book 1863.
Tobar-a-bhaistidh (the Well of Baptism)
Argyll County Council 1914.
This stone-lined well measures 7.2m by 3.0m and is locally known as "Chapel Well". The increased size implies that it has been utilised as a watering-hole in 'recent' times.
Visited by OS (I A) 24 November 1972.
NS 0209 7641. A well as described in the previous OS field investigator.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (B S) 24 November 1972.
Field Visit (March 1987)
This well, formerly known as 'Chapel Well' or 'Priest's Well', is situated in a marshy hollow about 40m SW of the chapel (NS07NW 2). In 1863 it was described as measuring about 0.9m by 0.5m and its sides were lined with rough slabs, but it has since been enlarged to provide a domestic water-supply.
RCAHMS 1992, visited March 1987
