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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Fillan's Well (Aberdour)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.728 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Fife Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Aberdour
Map Ref: NT194854 Landranger Map Number: 65
Latitude: 56.054641N Longitude: 3.295744W
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

no data 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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**St Fillan's Well (Aberdour)** submitted by KiwiBetsy : This is the site of St Fillan’s Well today. Although dry this site fits the known location of 30 paces southeast of the churchyard and was recently confirmed by a reputable dowser who, with no prior knowledge found a strong water supply here about 50 feet down. It was here that we had our first experience of dowsing and something certainly happened to our rods over this spot. The current land... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NT1985 : St Fillans churchyard by Euan Nelson — by Euan Nelson
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NT1985 : Garden sundial, Aberdour Castle by kim traynor — by kim traynor
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NT1985 : Aberdour Castle by Simon Johnston — by Simon Johnston
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