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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Andrew's Well (Borgue)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.286 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Borgue Nearest Village: Kirkandrews
Map Ref: NX6024148037
Latitude: 54.807658N Longitude: 4.176055W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| 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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Located about 180m south east of the now ruined Kirkandrews Old Church and Burial Ground at NX 6006 4811, this well is included here because of its close association with the church. An incised 12th century cross fragment possibly came from the churchyard, and is now in the forecourt of Kirkcudbright Museum (see Canmore Site ID 319606 for more information). It is not known if the water from this well was used for baptismal purposes.
Information about this well has been collected by the Can You Dig It: Lost Wells of Galloway project, who tell us that this well first appeared on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 6-inch map of 1854, but 'it does not appear on mapping after this".
Nick Coombey, the LWoG researcher quotes from the OS name book, which describes this as: "a small spring well on the farm of Ingliston, and situated a short distance S. East of Kirkandrews Church (in ruins) from which probably it took its name."
If anyone has visited this well and has photographs, we'd welcome contributions to this site page. Or if you have any information about whether its' waters were used for baptismal, healing or restorative purposes, please let us know by adding a comment here. Thank you.
The Lost Wells of Galloway project is a community project, "setting out to map and better understand lost wells in Galloway, considering how we relate to these historic features now and how this has changed over time".
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