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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Palladius' Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by KiwiBetsy on Tuesday, 03 October 2006  Page Views: 5038

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Palladius' Well
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Auchenblae
Map Ref: NO725784
Latitude: 56.896133N  Longitude: 2.453045W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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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St Palladius' Well
St Palladius' Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : The well is situated on private land (in a lovely garden) near to the ruined Chapel of St Paladius (or the 'Paldy Kirk') in Auchenblae. In 1864 it was described as “a spring coming out of the face of a rock”. The present structure is what most people would think of as a ‘traditional’ well. The wire netting is to keep leaves out and wandering hedgehogs from sampling the water. It was a p... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Aberdeenshire.
St Palladius was a 5th century Irish missionary and the first bishop of Ireland.

He preached among the Picts but died at Fordoun a short time after arriving in Scotland.
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St Palladius' Well
St Palladius' Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : St Palladius at the Episcopal Church of St Palladius in the Glen of Drumtochty about 2 kilometres northeast of the well. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO7278 : St Palladius Fordoun by C Page
by C Page
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NO7278 : Kirkton of Auchenblae by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
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NO7278 : Road junction, Kirkton of Auchenblae by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2009(licence)
NO7278 : Road into Auchenblae by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2011(licence)
NO7278 : Kirklytham by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
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