Tobar Chalum-cille
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tobar Chalum-cille
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8266
Site Number ND14NW 7
NGR ND 1261 4912
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND14NW 7 1261 4912.
Well, 'Tobar Chalum-Cille': Due N of the graveyard (ND14NW 4) and close to the shepherd's house at Dirlot is a well bearing the above name.
RCAHMS 1911; Information from Rev A Mackay, Westerdale to RCAHMS.
ND 1261 4912. The only well noted close to Dirlot has been enclosed by a square breeze-block wall and covered with two thin stone slabs. Local enquiries failed to ascertain it this was the 'Tobar Chalum-Chille'.
Visited by OS (W D J) 12 April 1961.
The modernised well, bublished on OS 6" map, (1963) at ND 1261 4912, is as described by the previous field investigator. It is the only well known locally to fit the RCAHMS description. The name 'Tobar Chalum-Chille' is unknown in the vicinity.
Visited by OS (J B) 25 February 1982.
