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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: King's Well (Carsphairn)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.294 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Kirkcudbright Nearest Village: Carsphairn
Map Ref: NX5043591268
Latitude: 55.192984N Longitude: 4.351094W
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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. |
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 Dumfries and Galloway
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 map of 1852, and "continues to appear through to current mapping (2022)".
They add that the well "sits at 587m (1925ft) on the saddle between Meaul Hill (695m (2250ft)) and Carinsgarroch (659m/2153ft). Nearby on some of the maps is King's Stone [note: see King's Stone (Carsphairn)] ... it is tempting to assume (the name of the well) refers to Robert the Bruce who was known to be at Glentrool and Clatteringshaws in 1307 (both less than 10 miles away as the crow flies) and at Glenluce/Whithorn in 1329 ... of course the well may have been named in jest by shepherds or men building nearby drystane dykes from 1700s."
Recorded as Canmore Site ID 63885, which tells us: "King's Well, a small clear spring. Traditionally, Robert the Bruce drank out of it."
If anyone has visited this well or has any information about it (admittedly it's in a remote spot!) and whether its pure spring water was used for healing or restorative purposes, please let us know by adding a comment here.
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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