St Peter’s Well, Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland: a rare surviving holy well house, a tiny saddle-roofed freestone structure with a holy-water tradition.
Dunlavin, County Wicklow: Market House and St Nicholas’s Holy Well
An architect’s view of Dunlavin, County Wicklow: Richard Cassels’s Palladian Market House on Ireland’s widest square, and St Nicholas’s holy well at Tornant.
Rathbeagh: A River Nore Ringfort of the Birch Trees
Rathbeagh is a flat-topped ringfort mound on the River Nore in County Kilkenny, Ireland, tied to Milesian legend and a lost St. Catherine’s holy well.
Devghat, Nepal: The Confluence Read by a Nordic Architect
A Scandinavian architect reflects on Devghat, Nepal — the sacred junction of the Trishuli and Krishna Gandaki rivers, its melas, caves, and the worshipped Saligram stone.
Triveni Sangam: The Architecture of Meeting Waters
A Nordic architect reads Triveni Sangam at Prayagraj — confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, site of Kumbh Mela and sacred immersion.
Jubb Yussef (Joseph’s Well): A Galilee Pit of Legend
Jubb Yussef, or Joseph’s Well, is an ancient pit and cupola on a Galilee hill in Israel, tied to the legend of Joseph and venerated by pilgrims for centuries.