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Eigg, St Donan's Well
Well (Medieval)
Site Name Eigg, St Donan's Well
Classification Well (Medieval)
Canmore ID 22154
Site Number NM48NE 20
NGR NM 4840 8570
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/22154
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Note (17 March 1972)
NM48NE 20 4840 8570.
There is a St Donan's Well in Eigg.
J M Mackinlay 1893
Field Visit (9 May 1972)
According to Mr MacKinnon there was once a well called St Donan's Well in the area centred NM 4840 8574, but there was no tradition attached to it. All that there is in the area is a marshy patch.
Visited by OS (AA) 9 May 1972
Note (1 December 1982)
'Whatever may have been the case in Martin's time, there is no well now known as dedicated to St Donan, but one about a quarter of a mile W from the ruins of the chapel, known as the Well of St Donan's Altar, where tradition has it that he used to celebrated divine service.'
N MacPherson 1878
(The site described by OS (AA) is some 600 m NW of St Donan's Church - NM 48 NE/SE 19 - presumably he and MacPherson refer to the same well.)
