<< Our Photo Pages >> Tobar Chaon - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Isle of Skye
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Tobar ChaonCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.232 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Skye Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Armadale Nearest Village: Ord
Map Ref: NG61711340
Latitude: 57.149444N Longitude: 5.941205W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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A sacred spring at Ord on Skye, now in a deplorable condition.
It was described in 1872 as ‘a fine strong spring which flows from the foot of a rock immediately below the farmhouse, a few yards above high-water mark.’ (AP Forbes, ‘Kalendars of Scottish Saints’). The OS, who visited in 1961, noted that ‘it is now piped into an iron cistern’ (see Canmore database, NG61SW). By 2007 it had been entirely enclosed in a concrete cistern and is used to supply water to the adjacent holiday cottages.
The well is dedicated to St Congan, or Comgan (in Gaelic Chaon or Chomhghain), an eighth century saint who was the son of King Ceallach of Leinster. Sent into exile following a defeat, he and his sister St Kentigerna, with her three sons and seven others, settled in Wester Ross where Congan founded a monastery at Lochalsh. His feast day is 13 October. (Information from Irish Catholic Church – Celtic Saints.)
A church dedicated to St Congan is about 300 yards SSE of the well (see separate entry).
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