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Submitted by KiwiBetsy on Tuesday, 10 October 2006 Page Views: 6399

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Columba's Well (Southend)
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.612 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Argyll Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Campbeltown Nearest Village: Southend
Map Ref: NR673077
Latitude: 55.308206N Longitude: 5.6682W
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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 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 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
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5 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 Columba's Well (Southend)** submitted by KiwiBetsy : The church, cemetery, well and footprint lie on the north side of the minor road to the Mull of Kintyre … about two miles past Southend. The well lies about 20 yards northwest of the northwest corner of the ruined church. The easiest way to reach it is to park in the cemetery carpark and walk around the next corner (heading to the Mull of Kintyre). Just around the bend is a signed path to the fo... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Argyll

This well is kept company by an old cemetery, a ruined 13th century church and a 'footprint' left by St Columba when he came ashore on a nearby beach in the 6th century to convert the Picts to Christianity. There is actually no evidence that St Columba was ever here but there is evidence of an earlier church or chapel on the site.
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NR6707 : St Columba's Footprints, Keil, Mull of Kintyre by Becky Williamson — by Becky Williamson
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NR6707 : Southend: cemetery and view at Keil Point by Chris Downer — by Chris Downer
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