<< Our Photo Pages >> Killichonate Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Scotland in Highlands
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Killichonate WellCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 8.238 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Highlands Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Spean Bridge
Map Ref: NN241810
Latitude: 56.886909N Longitude: 4.888853W
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 Highlands
This well occupies a very wet and midgy area on private land. There are records of a church having stood about 50 yards to the north east but all traces of it have now gone. A graveyard was also located nearby … all traces of it have also gone.
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