What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Corriehoul, St Machar's Chapel and Well as Chapel (medieval), 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.
St Machar's Chapel and Well at Corriehoul is associated with St Machar, a 6th-century Irish saint and bishop who is traditionally linked to the spread of Christianity in northern Scotland. The holy well was likely used for ritual purification and healing, with such sites often believed to have curative properties connected to the saint's intercession.
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Places near here
Corriehoul, CemeteryBurial Ground (medieval), Chapel (medieval) · 100 yd
BurnsideFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 270 yd
West CorriehoulFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 356 yd
Hill of Tornahaish, John Forbes's CairnCommemorative Cairn (period Unassigned) · 713 yd
Glas ThomMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Geal ChàrnMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
The WatchersViewpoint · 2.0 mi
Slacks of GlencarvieCliff · 4.3 mi
Castle WilsonNamed rock · 4.3 mi
Lost GalleryGallery · 4.9 mi
Doune of InvernochtyBuilding (period Unknown), Castle (12th Century), Church (period Unknown), Kiln (period Unknown), Motte (12th Century), Observation Post (20th Century) · 5.1 mi
Well of lechtVisitor information · 5.1 mi