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.
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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.
St Ann’s Well, Buxton: A Spring Sheltered by Stone
St Ann’s Well in Buxton, Derbyshire is an ancient warm spring whose 1940 ashlar fountain marks waters revered since Roman times, when coins were cast for the gods.
Muktinath: The High Temple of Liberation and Its 108 Waters
A Nordic architect reads Muktinath, Nepal’s 3,800m Hindu-Buddhist shrine, through its 108 water spouts, ablution rite, and shared sacred ground.
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.
Mary’s Well, Nazareth: A Spring at the Site of the Annunciation
Mary’s Well in Nazareth, Israel, marks a site of the Annunciation. A reconstructed stone well structure tied to a spring beneath the Church of St Gabriel.