Monument record 496 - TOBAR A'CHLEIRICH, ST KILDA

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Holy well, now lost to coastal erosion

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Grid reference NF 10470 99000 (point)
Map sheet NF19NW
Island Hirta, St Kilda
Parish HARRIS, Western Isles

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NF19NW 12 1047 9900.

(NF 10479900) Tobar a' Chleirich (NAT)
OS 6"map, annotated by J Mathieson (1928)

Tobar a' Chleirich - a holy well.
K Macaulay 1764.

No trace of this well remains, the site having been eroded away by the sea.
Visited by OS (J L D) 12 August 1967.


K Macaulay, 1764, The History of St Kilda, 99 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12859.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: K Macaulay. 1764. The History of St Kilda. 99.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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