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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Mary's Well (Kilmorie Chapel)Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Dinduff
Map Ref: NX03286578
Latitude: 54.947762N Longitude: 5.073214W
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
This holy well, near Kilmorie Chapel, is recorded as Canmore Site ID 60746 Kilmorie Chapel, which also includes St Mary's Well and a carved cross-slab.
The earliest entry for this well on the Canmore record is dated 1907, and tells "At the side of this (Kilmorie) chapel there is a well to which people superstitiously resort (W Macfarlane)".
Again, Canmore references E.M.H. M'Kerlie's "Pilgrim Spots in Galloway" book published in 1916 (page 34) that "St Mary's Well is covered by a stone slab which is said to have had an inscription, and the water is piped off".
Has anyone visited this well? Do we know if it still exists? Has anyone any information about why people 'superstitiously resorted' to this well for healing and restorative purposes?
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