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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Catherine's Well (Eldrickhill)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.845 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Portpatrick Nearest Village: Lochans
Map Ref: NX06125442
Latitude: 54.846932N Longitude: 5.02129W
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 |
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| 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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
This holy well was 'traditionally the site of baptisms' according to Canmore Site ID 60575. Eldrickhill, St Catherine's Well. The 1847 Ordnance Survey name book adds: "this shallow spring well. A small distance away where the threshing mill of Elsrig now stands, when digging to a considerable depth, old graves were found containing pieces of blackened wood and bones. It is probable that a church, dedicated to St Catherine, and burial ground occupied this site."
The Ordnance Survey name book of 1882 tells us: "A church dedicated to St Catherine is said to have stood in the vicinity of St Catherine's Well (NX 0612 5442) 80m NE of Eldrickhill farmhouse".
The Canmore entry was updated in 1970 to add: "The well, which has been piped, is now covered by flagstones which are overgrown with turf. Name confirmed. No evidence of a church could be found."
Has anyone visited the site of this well? Do you have any photographs to add? Do you have any information about this well, and whether the baptisms took place within the well pool, or within the church? Does anyone know if the water from this well had any healing or restorative properties? If so, please upload any photographs or add a comment to this site page - thank you!
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