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St Donan's Well, Charlesfield

Chapel (medieval) - (18th Century)(possible), Holy Well (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Donan's Well, Charlesfield as Chapel (medieval) - (18th Century)(possible), 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 Donan's Well is associated with St Donan, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the Pictish region of Scotland. Traditionally, the well was believed to have healing properties, particularly for eye ailments, and was a site of pilgrimage and local Christian devotion.

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