<< Text Pages >> Culdees Holy Well (Knockaldie) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Culdees Holy Well (Knockaldie) Alternative Name: Culdees' Well (Knockaldy)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.8 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Portpatrick / Stranraer Nearest Village: Knocknain
Map Ref: NW985597
Latitude: 54.891300N Longitude: 5.143467W
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
Is anyone able to confirm whether or not this well exists, please?
Canmore classifies this as a 'holy well', although details are very vague - see their entry for Site ID 60318 'Culdees' Well, Knockaldie'.
Their only source is Agnew's 1893 publication: "The Hereditary Sherrifs of Galloway", 2nd edition, Volume 1, page 413, which says: "There is the Culdees' Well at Knockaldy (Knockaldie)".
There is a well, but not a named well, shown on the 1894 OS maps at Knockaldy (both 6 inch and 25 inch), and I've been unable to find any further information about this site. Are you able to help, please? Thank you.
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