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Cambusnethan Parish

Holy Well(s) (medieval)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cambusnethan Parish as Holy Well(s) (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cambusnethan Parish in Scotland is associated with a medieval holy well, traditionally linked to Saint Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and healer. The well was believed to have curative properties, particularly for skin ailments, and was a site of pilgrimage and ritual cleansing.

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