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Traquair, St Bryde's Well

Holy Well (medieval)(possible)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Traquair, St Bryde's Well as Holy Well (medieval)(possible). 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 Bryde's Well is associated with St Bridget (Bryde), a 6th-century Irish saint venerated in parts of Scotland and northern England. The well may have been a site of pilgrimage and healing, linked to traditions of water worship and saintly intercession in early Christian Scotland.

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