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Isle Of May, Pilgrim's Well

Holy Well (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Isle Of May, Pilgrim's Well

Classification Holy Well (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Pilgrim's Haven

Canmore ID 57877

Site Number NT69NE 5

NGR NT 6591 9888

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Anstruther Wester
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District North East Fife
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT69NE 5 6591 9888

(NT 6591 9888) Well (NAT)

OS 6" map (1921)

The Pilgrim's Well is on a slope leading from Pilgrim's Haven, Isle of May. In the 14th and 15th century the May became a place of pilgrimage and the well was credited with miraculous virtues.

J Dickson 1899

This well measures 1.0m in diameter and is set into a SW-facing slope. It has a dry-stone retaining wall 3.0m in diameter around it with an approach gap in the SW.

Surveyed at 1/10 000.

Visited by OS (JM) 1 October 1975.

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