Archaeology Notes

Event ID 662247

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH65SE 9 6793 5318.

(NH 6794 5318) Craiguch Well (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1959)

'Tobar Chragag' - well of the little rock - was a rag well which was still resorted to on the first Sunday of summer in 1885.

According to Fraser it was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It may be associated with the possible chapel site (see NH65SE 10) nearby.

A Fraser 1878; A J Beaton 1885; 1885; W J Watson 1904.

Craiguch Well is still resorted to as a rag well. It is a natural spring flowing into a shallow basin cut into the natural rock of the hillside. A stone dam on the S side of the wall has a small orifice through which the water escapes downhill.

Visited by OS (N K B) 17 March 1966.

Upright post (wood). Same place as Well.

CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.