Portmahomack, St Colman's Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Portmahomack, St Colman's Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tobar-mo-colmac
Canmore ID 15669
Site Number NH98SW 9
NGR NH 9163 8445
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Tarbat
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH98SW 9 9163 8445
A well dedicated to St Colman (Tobar-mo-Colmac) is situated near the Library in Portmahomack village (Watson 1904) and 100 yards from the site of the chapel (NH98SW 6). St Colman's Well is said to have been in continuous use for some hundreds of years up to the present day (Davidson 1948).
W J Watson 1904; J M Davidson 1948.
Mr Duff (A Duff, Chapel Street, Portmahomack) recalls that the well at NH 9163 8445 was referred to as Colman's Well many years ago, but the name is not now generally used.
Visited by OS (I S S), 6 September 1972.