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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Carlin Well (Craigton of Airlie) Alternative Name: Carling Well (Craigton of Airlie)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Angus Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Glamis Nearest Village: Airlie
Map Ref: NO3289850521
Latitude: 56.641679N Longitude: 3.095709W
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

1 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

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.

no data Accuracy:

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 Angus

The Carlin or Carling Well at Craigton of Angus is featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their page for the Carlin Well, Craigton of Airlie, Angus.

TNA include an image of the Carlin Well on the 1865 OS map, together with a photograph of where the well once was, and give a brief archaeology and history of the well. Whilst officially recorded as 'destroyed' there is still a bowl-like dip in the field where the well once was.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

NO3250 : Fields, Craigton by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
©2018(licence)

NO3250 : Looking back on the A926 at Craigton in Angus by James Denham — by James Denham
©2010(licence)

NO3250 : Moberty / Craigton Road at its junction with the Blairgowrie / Kirriemuir Road by Alan Morrison — by Alan Morrison
©2009(licence)

NO3250 : View of Craigton of Airlie Village by Alan Morrison — by Alan Morrison
©2009(licence)

NO3250 : Country Road by Craigton by Sylvia Barrow — by Sylvia Barrow
©2007(licence)

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