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Tobat Malaig
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tobat Malaig
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6857
Site Number NC86NE 4
NGR NC 8821 6540
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6857
- Council Highland
- Parish Farr
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC86NE 4 8821 6540.
(NC 8821 6540) Tobat Malaig (NAT)
OS 25"map, (1974)
St Malie is commemorated in a well, Tobat Malaig, below Melwich. This is probably Mairie, one of the Figg Martyrs, for Mairie naturally develops into Malie in accordance with the Gaelic emphony.
A MacKay 1914.
This well, still known locally as 'Tobat Malaig', is a natural spring which issues through a small revetment of dry-stone walling at the foot of a slope.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 7 November 1972.
No change to previous field report.
Visitedby OS (J M) 7 July 1977.
