Tobar Mhoire
Well (Medieval)
Site Name Tobar Mhoire
Classification Well (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Mar Lodge Estate
Canmore ID 27743
Site Number NO08NE 5
NGR NO 08467 89212
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27743
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Crathie And Braemar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO08NE 5 0845 8919.
St Mary's Well at Inverey has a legendary association with the 7th century St Nathalan. (A Gibb 1884)
A photograph by Blundell (F O Blundell 1909) shows it to be a recess in a bank, formed of stone slabs with the back slab inscribed with a cross and the words "Tobar Mhoire" with a pipe discharging onto a stone slab below.
A Gibb 1884; F O Blundell 1909.
"Tobar n Mhoire," at NO 0845 8919, as illustrated by Blundell. No local knowledge of any "holy" properties.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 17 October 1967.
