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Priest's Well, Kirktown of Mortlach

Holy Well (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Priest's Well, Kirktown of Mortlach as 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.
Priest's Well in the Kirktown of Mortlach is traditionally associated with Saint Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and healer linked to several holy sites in Perth and Kinross. The well was historically visited for its supposed curative properties, particularly for ailments of the eyes and skin, and may have been part of a broader network of pilgrimage sites connected to early Christian saints in Scotland.

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