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Tobar An Longairt

Holy Well (medieval)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tobar An Longairt 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.
Tobar An Longairt is a medieval holy well associated with Saint Longan, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in Argyll, Scotland. The well is traditionally believed to have healing properties, particularly for eye ailments, and may have been a site of pilgrimage and ritual water offerings.

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