What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gigha, St Cathan's Well as Holy Well (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Cathan's Well on Gigha is associated with St Cathan, an early Christian saint linked to the spread of Christianity in Argyll and the Isles. Traditionally, the well was visited for healing purposes, particularly for ailments of the eyes and skin, and may have been a site of pilgrimage.
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Places near here
St Cathan's ChurchRuins · 29 yd
Gigha, Achamore Estate, Achamore HouseArchitectural Fragment(s) (16th Century), Architectural Fragment(s) (18th Century), Country House (19th Century) · 228 yd
Gigha, AchamoreCup Marked Stone (prehistoric) · 251 yd
Gigha, ArdminishNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 809 yd
Port Nan EachFindspot (21st Century), Millstone (period Unknown) · 865 yd
Gigha GalleryGallery · 914 yd
ArdminishNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 956 yd
Ardminish BayBay · 1503 yd
Meall a'GhlamaidhMountain / peak · 1750 yd
CraroIslet · 1.1 mi
Eilean na h-UilinnIslet · 1.2 mi
Grob BaghBay · 1.3 mi