What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor, Tobar Nam Buaidh as Altar(s) (period Unknown)(possible), Holy Well (period Unknown). 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.

St Kilda is a remote archipelago in Scotland, historically associated with the legendary St Kilda, a 7th-century hermit, and Tobar Nam Buaidh refers to a holy well linked to local Christian traditions. The well may have been a site of pilgrimage and healing, reflecting both early Christian and pre-Christian Celtic spiritual practices.

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