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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Michael's Well (Crossmichael)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.847 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Castle Douglas Nearest Village: Crossmichael
Map Ref: NX7783865566
Latitude: 54.969691N Longitude: 3.909877W
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 or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Not recorded on Canmore, this well has been researched by the Can You Dig It: Lost Wells of Galloway (LWoG) project. Their researcher, Claire Williamson, tells us: "St Michael's Well sits within a small enclosure within enclosed fields to the south of Mollance Farm. It first appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6-inch map of 1853 and continues to appear on current mapping (2022)."
She adds: "The Ordnance Survey name book ... describes it as 'a good spring well near the farm house or mansion of Mollance. The water of this well is considered of superior quality'".
The Village of Crossmichael was "first recorded in the 12th century, Crossmichael takes its name from St Michael, the patron saint of the parish kirk. The current church was built around 1750, but take a closer a look and you’ll notice the tall round tower which survives from an earlier period. Round towers such as this are extremely rare ..."
The well is also recorded on the Saints in Scottish Places Names website, but not specifically listed as a holy well. It is also not really connected with Crossmichael Parish Church, being over 5km to the east of the church - unless anyone knows different?
Still visible within its enclosure on Google Earth images, does anyone know anything more about this well? Does anyone know if its water have any healing and/or restorative powers? If so, please add a comment to this site page. Also, have you visited the site of this well? Do you have any photographs you can add to this site page? Thank you.
The Lost Wells of Galloway project is a community project, "setting out to map and better understand lost wells in Galloway, considering how we relate to these historic features now and how this has changed over time".
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