Tiree, Tobar An Domhnaich, Balemeanoch
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tiree, Tobar An Domhnaich, Balemeanoch
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 70238
Site Number NL94SW 15
NGR NL 943 428
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/70238
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Tiree
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NL94SW 15 943 428.
Tobar an Domhnaich is the name supplied to a well whose water apparently had medicinal properties and, according to Martin, writing in the late 17th-century, was 'by the natives drunk as a catholicon for diseases'. The well is said by Campbell to be situated at Balemeanoch (Middleton), and the sites of at least two natural springs, at NL 943 428 and NL 953 437, are still known locally by this name. There are no identifiable structural remains.
Visited by RCAHMS June 1974.
J G Campbell 1902; M Martin 1934; RCAHMS 1980.
