
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ayr, Alloway Kirk, 'mungo'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.
Linked to St. Mungo (Columba of Diocese of Glasgow), the well is associated with healing traditions and pilgrimage, reflecting the saint’s broader cult in early medieval Scotland. Local folklore may connect it to miraculous cures or ritual cleansing.
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Places near here
Ayr, Alloway, Railway BridgeRailway Bridge (20th Century) · 25 yd
CambusdoonCross Slab (early Medieval) · 77 yd
Alloway, Shanter WayNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 98 yd
Alloway Auld KirkHeritage attraction · 106 yd
Ayr, Alloway, Alloway Parish ChurchChurch (mid 19th Century), Churchyard (post Medieval) · 156 yd
Burns MonumentMonument · 188 yd
Robert Burns Birthplace MuseumMuseum · 310 yd
Brigend CastleCastle (medieval) · 506 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 683 yd
Dunure RoadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1090 yd
Greenan CastleFort (prehistoric) - (medieval) · 1.4 mi
Alton WoodWood · 1.6 miOther information
Photo: Rab McMurdo · CC BY-SA 2.0