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<< Text Pages >> Marion's Well (Falkirk) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Marion's Well (Falkirk)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.607 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Perth and Kinross Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Falkirk
Map Ref: NS89267977
Latitude: 55.998053N  Longitude: 3.777139W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Perth and Kinross

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this healing well, now destroyed - see their entry for Marion’s Well, Falkirk, Stirlingshire.

TNA include an image of the 1864 OS map, with the location of Marion's Well marked on it, together with a photograph from around 1900, after the well had been moved to the south side of Callendar Road. TNA note that the well was an important source of water in early times, and its waters used to supply a washing house close by.

TNA add: “Of Marion’s Well there is scant record.  According to tradition it got its name from Marion Livingston—a nun of the house of Callendar who, in the performance of the sacerdotal vow which kept her from the world, visited the well at intervals and used its soft waters as a pediluvium.   The original well which was built round with stone, stood at the bottom of the Cladden’s Brae, on the bank of the East Burn.  It was further protected by a circle of upright slabs—the great resting place of the water maids and the scene of many a happy ‘touzle’ as the stoups or pitchers were sent rolling and rattling down into the brawling brook.” (touzle is apparently a local term for a meeting place for young lovers!)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NS8979 : Autumn colour, Callendar Park, Falkirk by John Lord
by John Lord
©2012(licence)
NS8979 : All in line by Robert Ferguson
by Robert Ferguson
©2009(licence)
NS8979 : Lidl Supermarket, Falkirk by JThomas
by JThomas
©2017(licence)
NS8979 : Houses on East Bridge Street, Falkirk by JThomas
by JThomas
©2017(licence)
NS8979 : Tower block, Eastburn Drive by JThomas
by JThomas
©2017(licence)

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