What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ashkirk, St Ninian'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 Ninian's Well at Ashkirk is associated with St Ninian, an early Christian missionary and patron saint of the Scottish Borders. Traditionally linked to healing and protection, such wells were often sites of pilgrimage and ritual cleansing in medieval Scotland.
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Places near here
Ashkirk Parish Church, Gate Piers and GatesGate(s) (period Unknown), Gate Pier(s) (period Unknown) · 235 yd
Ashkirk Parish ChurchChurch (18th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 255 yd
Ashkirk Parish Church, ChurchyardBurial Enclosure (17th Century), Burial Ground (period Unknown) · 278 yd
AshkirkFindspot (period Unassigned), Lithic Implement (flint)(period Unassigned) · 681 yd
Stobshaw HillMountain / peak · 1468 yd
Salenside PlantationForest · 1496 yd
Cross WoodWood · 1.1 mi
Grain HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
North SyntonArchitectural Fragment (period Unknown), Farmhouse (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century) - (19th Century), Quern (period Unknown) · 1.8 mi
MuirfieldNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.4 mi
Philiphaugh, SelkirkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.7 mi
General's TowerCastle · 3.9 mi