Tag Archives: St. Mary

Lady Well, Airth, Stirlingshire

Posted on September 18, 2018 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 89801 86524 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46862 Lady’s Well Spaw Well Archaeology & History Once to be seen flowing on the south-side of the Pow Burn below Airth Castle, all traces of … Continue reading →

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Our Lady’s Well, Liberton, Edinburgh, Midlothian

Posted on January 23, 2018 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 2640 7008 Also Known as: Canmore ID 52100 Lady’s Well Archaeology & History In Thomas Whyte’s (1792) lengthy survey of Liberton village, as it was in the 1790s, we come across what seems to be … Continue reading →

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Our Lady’s Well, Gateside, Fife

Posted on November 8, 2016 by noynafox

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NO 18505 09169 Also Known as: Chapel Well Roman Well Getting Here Travelling from Milnathort on the A91, in Gateside village, turn right down Old Town, and after the left bend in the road, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Fife & Kinross, Holy Wells, Scotland | Tagged Balmerino, Chapel Well, Chapelton of the Virgin, earth mysteries, Fife, Gateside, ghost, ghostly monk, healing, Holy Wells, Our Lady, pilgrimages, Roman Well, sacred sites, Scotland, St. Mary, Strathmiglo, water | Leave a comment

St. Mary’s Well, Wallingwells, Nottinghamshire

Posted on April 28, 2015 by pixyledpublications

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – SK 572 840 Archaeology & History First mentioned in Pipe Rolls and referred to by the founder of Wallingwells Benedictine Priory (founded around 1150 CE) as ‘juxta fonts et rivum fontium’, the site Wallingwell … Continue reading →

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Lady Well, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire

Posted on January 10, 2014 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 9112 9166 Getting Here From Clackmannan village centre (with its huge phallic stone), at the crossroads take the south road, Port Street. Walk on here for 100 yards or so and the aptly … Continue reading →

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St. Mary’s Well, Callander, Perthshire

Posted on June 5, 2013 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 6507 0556 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24322 Getting Here You’ll need wellies or no shoes for this excursion! From the lovely town of Callander, take the A84 road southeast out towards Doune … Continue reading →