Tobermory takes it's name from this
Well -
Tobar Mhoire, the well of Mary.
In 1703 Martin Martin, a
traveller describes this well as having
medicinal properties.
Sir Walter Scott tried to
find the well and reported it as 'rising
in the
middle of a swamp' and 'whose
depth and dirt discouraged the nearer
approach of Protestant Pilgrims'. He
also commented that 'no vestiges remain'
of the chapel that was dedicated to
Virgin Mary. ('A walk round Tobermory' by
Olive Brown and Jean Whittaker - printed
by The Oban Times, 1988 Museum E-25)
Footings of walls of
chapel can be seen to the right of the
well. Earliest ref. is 1509 - probably
dates earlier. Time of
foundations
being described as sometime in the
mid-sixteenth century.
Several carved funerary
monuments. Mackinnon grave-slab with
Iona school carving and dating back to
mid 16th century.
