What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records New Luce, Lady Well as Holy Well (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.
New Luce Lady Well is associated with the veneration of the Virgin Mary and was a site of pilgrimage and healing in medieval Scotland. Local tradition holds that the well's waters had curative properties, particularly for women's ailments, and it was likely visited on significant feast days such as May 1st and August 15th (Assumption of Mary).
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Places near here
New LuceMace (stone)(period Unassigned) · 1 yd
Milton of LargCairn (bronze Age) · 455 yd
New Luce StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 546 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 784 yd
New Luce, Main Street, War Memorial HallPublic Hall (19th Century) - (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century) · 832 yd
New Luce Memorial HallMemorial · 838 yd
Kettle CaldronWaterfall · 1489 yd
Knockiebae PlantationForest · 1693 yd
Caves of KilhernChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 1.8 mi
White BarMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Bareagle WoodForest · 2.9 mi
Dunragit HouseCastle (medieval)(possible), Country House (18th Century) · 3.8 mi