Skye, Kilbride, Tobar Na H-annait
Holy Well (Medieval), Millstone (Post Medieval)
Site Name Skye, Kilbride, Tobar Na H-annait
Classification Holy Well (Medieval), Millstone (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 11452
Site Number NG52SE 5
NGR NG 5893 2023
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11452
- Council Highland
- Parish Strath
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (13 May 1914)
Holy Well, Tobar na h-Annait, Kilbride.
Barely 50 yards south of Clach na h-Annait is the well Tobar na h-Annait. The spring is enclosed in a comparatively modern building and is covered with a circular stone cover with a round hole in the centre. "It was built in and covered with a mill-stone by Dr Mackinnon's grandfather" (PSAS, XLVI., 204).
It is said that Clach na h-Annait was once removed and used as a lintel stone in a house, but the experiences of the inmates were such that they were glad to restore it to its original position. This story sounds apocryphal, as the stone has a slight curve on it, and it would not have been very suitable for this purpose.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 13 May 1914.
OS map: Skye xlvi.
Field Visit (19 June 1961)
NG52SE 5 5893 2023.
NG 5893 2023. Tobar na h-Annait (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
This well is as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (C F W) 19 June 1961.
