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St Columba's Well

Holy Well (medieval)(possible)
St Columba's Well
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Columba's Well as Holy Well (medieval)(possible). 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 Columba's Well is associated with St Columba, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary who was instrumental in the spread of Christianity in Scotland. Traditionally, such holy wells were believed to have curative properties and were sites of pilgrimage and ritual washing for physical or spiritual healing.

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