Monument record MHG3994 - Fivepennies Well, Eigg

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Grid reference Centred NM 4759 9009 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM49SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish SMALL ISLES
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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NM49SE 1 c476 901.

Fivepennies Well (? area of 'Cuig Peighinnean': Five Pennies; NM 474 899) on Eigg was a healing well for a person's first disease and for the deformities of strangers to the island.
J M MacKinlay 1893

According to H MacKinnon, Cleadale, Eigg, this well is in the area centred NM 476 901 near the head of a rivulet which runs down to the Singing Sands (Triagh na Biail), but it was not located.
Visited by OS (AA) 6 May 1972

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Mackinlay, J M. 1893. Folklore of Scottish lochs and springs. 108.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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