Monument record MHG5702 - Tobar Challuim Chille, Cleadale, Eigg

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Grid reference Centred NM 4778 8887 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM48NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish SMALL ISLES
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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NM48NE 1 4779 8888.

(NM 4779 8888) Tobar Challuim Chille (NR)
OS 6" map (1903)

An ancient well alleged to have been connected with St Columba (Name Book 1877), a pool in the stream that flows through the plain, situated at the base of a group of rocks.
M E M Donaldson 1923

Tobar Challuim Chille - a roughly square natural basin, measuring about 1.0m square and 0.5m deep, and surrounded with stones. The spring that issues from this basin was used until recently as the water supply for the nearby croft.
Visited by OS (ISS) 5 May 1972

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Donaldson, M E M. 1923. Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands. 2nd, rev.. 244.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No.12, 10.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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