Alva, St Serf's Well

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Alva, St Serf'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 Serf's Well is associated with St Serf, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in Scotland. The well was traditionally visited for its healing properties, particularly for skin ailments and general well-being, and may have been a site of pilgrimage.