Southam’s Grade II listed Holy Well, first recorded in 998, channels a mineral spring through carved stone gargoyles into the Stowe valley near Stratford-on-Avon.
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Saint Inan’s Well and Chair: A Ninth-Century Hermitage in Ayrshire
Saint Inan, patron saint of Irvine, left a holy well dated AD 839, a hilltop pulpit-chair on Lochlands Hill, and a chapel near Beith in Ayrshire, Scotland.
St. Patrick’s Well, Clonmel: A Medieval Holy Well in Tipperary
St. Patrick’s Well, Clonmel is a medieval Christian site in County Tipperary, Ireland, with a holy well, 12th-century church and early stone cross in a pond.
Chapel of the Holy Well: A Baroque Rotunda Over Sacred Water
The Chapel of the Holy Well in Marianka, Slovakia, is a Baroque rotunda built in 1696 directly above a stream long held to heal pilgrims.
St Margaret’s Well, Edinburgh: A Gothic Wellhouse in Holyrood Park
St Margaret’s Well, Edinburgh, is a 15th-century Gothic wellhouse moved stone by stone to Holyrood Park in 1860, with rib-vaulting and a holy spring.
St Peter’s Well, Houston: A Holy Well House in Renfrewshire
St Peter’s Well, Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland: a rare surviving holy well house, a tiny saddle-roofed freestone structure with a holy-water tradition.