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St Colm's Well, Tipperty

Holy Well (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Colm's Well, Tipperty 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.
St Colm's Well is associated with St Colm (also known as Columba of Terryglass), an Irish monk and saint traditionally linked to the spread of Christianity in parts of Scotland and Ireland. The well may have been a site of pilgrimage and healing, with such wells often believed to possess curative properties in medieval Christian tradition.

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