HOLY WELL: SCURVY WELL in Carrickabweehan — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Scurvy Well in Carrickabweehan, County Fermanagh, is a holy water place where people believed the flow could cut fevers or bring them on depending how much they drank. The name suggests the water was trusted to burn out illness rather than gently refresh the body. A person standing at that well would have faced a sharp choice: take enough to live or stop before the clarity became a wound.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOLY WELL: SCURVY WELL. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Linked to a tradition of healing from scurvy, the well was historically visited for its supposed medicinal properties, particularly in treating vitamin C deficiency. Such wells were often associated with local saints or folk practices in rural communities.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.