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<< Text Pages >> Carlin Well (Craigton of Airlie) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Angus

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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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no 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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