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Urquhart Priory

Priory (medieval), Well (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Urquhart Priory as Priory (medieval), 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.
Urquhart Priory is associated with a medieval holy well traditionally linked to Saint Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and healer. The site was believed to have curative properties, particularly for ailments of the eyes and skin, and was a place of pilgrimage and ritual washing.

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