Southend, St Columba's Church and Priest's Well

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Southend, St Columba's Church and Priest's Well as Building (period Unknown), Cross (early Medieval), Cross Incised Stone (period Unknown), Footprint (period Unknown), Footprint (19th Century), Socketed Stone (early Medieval). 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 Columba's Church and Priest's Well at Southend are associated with St Columba, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary who was instrumental in the Christianization of Scotland. The Priest's Well, like many holy wells in Scotland, may have been used for ritual baptisms or as a site of pilgrimage and healing.