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St Glassen's Well

Holy Well (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Glassen'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 Glassen's Well is associated with Saint Glassen, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in parts of Scotland and northern England. The well was traditionally visited for its healing properties, particularly for eye ailments, and may have been the site of early Christian pilgrimage and ritual.

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