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Collieston, Parish Church of Slains, Churchyard, St Ternan's Well

Holy Well (medieval)(possible), Spring (nil Antiquity)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Collieston, Parish Church of Slains, Churchyard, St Ternan's Well as Holy Well (medieval)(possible), Spring (nil Antiquity). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Ternan's Well is associated with St Ternan, a 7th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in northern Scotland. Traditionally, the well was believed to have healing properties, particularly for eye ailments, and was a site of pilgrimage and local devotion.

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