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St Fillan's Well

Holy Well (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Fillan's Well 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 Fillan's Well is associated with St Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and saint venerated in Scotland, particularly in Perth and Kinross, where he is credited with founding a monastery and performing miracles. The well is traditionally linked to healing cures, especially for ailments of the eyes and skin, and was a site of pilgrimage and ritual washing in medieval times.

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