
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Selkirk, Market Place, Pant Well as Cross (19th Century), Well (19th Century). 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.
Linked to Saint Fillan, the Pant Well in Selkirk was traditionally associated with healing and was visited for its supposed curative properties, particularly for skin ailments. The well’s name may derive from the Gaelic "Fionnghall," reflecting early Christian pilgrimage traditions in Scotland.
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Places near here
Mercat CrossMonument · 3 yd
Selkirk, GeneralBurgh (medieval), Town (period Unassigned) · 15 yd
Selkirk, Market Place, Old TolboothCommemorative Monument (period Unassigned), Tolbooth (period Unassigned) · 19 yd
Selkirk, Kirk Wynd, Halliwell's CloseNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 30 yd
Selkirk, Kirk Wynd, Old Parish Church and Burial-groundBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Chapel (medieval) - (16th Century)(possible), Church (18th Century) (1747), Church (16th Century) - (18th Century) · 94 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 100 yd
Mungo ParkMemorial · 264 yd
Selkirk CastleCastle (medieval), Motte (medieval) · 401 yd
Battle of Philiphaugh MemorialMemorial · 1494 yd
Howden HillMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Nettly WoodWood · 1.1 mi
Commonburn PlantationForest · 1.2 miOther information
Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0