<< Text Pages >> St Ethan's Well (Burghead) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Moray
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Ethan's Well (Burghead) Alternative Name: Burghead Well, Roman Well, St Aethan's WellCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.632 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Moray Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Inverness Nearest Village: Burghead
Map Ref: NJ12076906
Latitude: 57.702716N Longitude: 3.477069W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Holy Well in Moray
In 1905 the OS recorded that the well had the property of healing long ascribed to it but it has no mineral properties. It is was extensively used then as the only real fresh water in the neighbourhood.
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