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Bonar's Well

Holy Well (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bonar'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.
Bonar's Well is associated with Saint Bonar, an early Christian missionary and saint linked to the Pictish region of Scotland. Traditionally, the well was believed to have healing properties, particularly for eye ailments, and was a site of pilgrimage and ritual washing.

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