What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Colonsay House, Tobar Oran as Cross(s) (early Medieval), Holy Well (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Tobar Oran, near Colonsay House, is a holy well traditionally associated with St. Oran, a 6th-century Irish monk and one of the early Christian saints of the Hebrides. The well was historically visited for its supposed healing properties, particularly for eye ailments and general purification.
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Places near here
Colonsay, Colonsay HouseChapel (early Medieval), Cist (prehistoric) - (early Medieval), House (18th Century), Human Remains (period Unknown) · 92 yd
Colonsay House, GardensGarden(s) (18th Century) · 105 yd
Colonsay, Colonsay House Grounds, GatesGate(s) (19th Century) · 548 yd
Kiloran BayCist (period Unknown)(possible) · 952 yd
Colonsay, Loch An SgoltaireArtillery Fortification (17th Century), Castle (medieval)(possible), Summerhouse (19th Century) · 1087 yd
Tràigh BànBeach / strand · 1396 yd
Colonsay, Port Nam FliuchanCave (nil Antiquity) · 1688 yd
Port OlmsaBay · 1.0 mi
ColonsayIsland · 1.1 mi
Port a' MhuilinnBay · 1.1 mi
Beinn nan GudaireanMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Beinn BhreacMountain / peak · 1.3 mi