Why this matters
Ben Newe is a holy well associated with Saint Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and healer, and is traditionally linked to cures for skin ailments and general well-being. The site, like many Scottish holy wells, was a place of pilgrimage and votive offerings, with coins and pins found there indicating long-standing devotional practices.
Ben Newe is recorded as Holy Well (period Unknown), Coin(s) (period Unknown), Pin(s) (period Unknown) in Scotland Aberdeenshire. The record fixes the place and type while keeping unknown makers, use, finds and survival open. Its saved wording adds: Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ben Newe as Holy Well (period Unknown), Coin(s) (period Unknown), Pin(s) (period Unknown). 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.
Who made it and when
The saved record identifies Ben Newe as Holy Well (period Unknown), Coin(s) (period Unknown), Pin(s) (period Unknown). It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date.
How it was made and used
Its classification points to ritual, marking, defence or gathering. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.
What was found
No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.
What remains
The public record still maps Ben Newe as Holy Well (period Unknown), Coin(s) (period Unknown), Pin(s) (period Unknown). The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.
Why it mattered
The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with holy well (period unknown), coin(s) (period unknown), pin(s) (period unknown). Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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