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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Chapel Well (Beckton) Alternative Name: Beckton Well (Lockerbie)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.704 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Lockerbie Nearest Village: Beckton
Map Ref: NY12948243
Latitude: 55.128564N Longitude: 3.366894W
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 well, whilst not classified as a holy well, is recorded as Canmore Site ID 66819 'Beckton'. The well is associated with a chapel, site located at NY 1296 8244; an entry from the Canmore record, dated 1793, reads: "Beckton Chapel, where traces of graves were still to be seen in 1793, is said to have belonged to the Knights Templar". A further entry, dated 1890, adds: "A copious spring was once frequented as a consecrated well".
More recently, a site visit in 1966 tells us: "There are no visible remains of the chapel. The well, at NY 1294 8243, situated at the end of a drainage ditch, is visible as a pool of water surrounded by numerous loose stones, suggesting that it may have at one time been stone lined. The name Chapel Well is still in use".
Today, the well sits to the western side of the very busy A74(M). Google Earth images indicate a depression which may, or may not be, the well pool.
If anyone has visited this site, and has photographs or further information about it, please would you add them to this site page? It would be interesting to hear if the water from the well had any special healing and/or restorative properties. Thank you.
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