Clootie Well

Clootie tree next to st brigid s well kildare ireland.

Clootie well. We recommend booking clootie well tours ahead of time to secure your spot. Restaurants near clootie well. Writing in his 1869 book of days robert chambers mentioned a well to the east of the current munlochy site called craigach well in avoch he describes the scene on the first sunday of may as like a fair with english scots and gaelic all spoken as the pilgrims made their offerings. There is said to have once been a chapel on the site.

Known as a clootie well this is one of several remains of a celtic tradition that goes back to calling on. You ll see the brightly coloured rags near the car park entrance. The tradition dates far back into pre christian times to the. A clootie well where shoes pants socks and rags can be seen historically visitors brought rags to clootie wells and tied them to nearby trees in the belief that the offering would cure sickness.

0 75 km the allangrange 8 63 km milk bar 8 62 km coyote s inverness 8 81 km cheese tomatin 8 48 km miele s gelateria. To reach the littleburn car park turn right about 2 miles 3 2 km along this road and follow the single track road for just over mile 400 metres. Clootie wells also cloutie or cloughtie wells are places of pilgrimage in celtic areas they are wells or springs almost always with a tree growing beside them where strips of cloth or rags have been left usually tied to the branches of the tree as part of a healing ritual in scots nomenclature a clootie or cloot is a strip of. In scots a clootie or cloot is a strip of cloth or rag.

If you book with tripadvisor you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. The clootie well car park is on your right about 2 miles 3 6 km along this road before you reach munlochy. See all 5 clootie well tours on tripadvisor. Munlochy clootie well the clootie well munlochy black isle a healing well at munlochy was dedicated to st boniface or curidan.

Ronnie leask ccv2 0 read more related articles. Hidden in the woods of scotland s black isle is a grove of trees covered with rags. The clootie well is a rather weird remnant of an ancient tradition once commonly found in scotland and ireland of holy wells to which pilgrims would come and make offerings usually in the hope of having an illness cured. Hidden in the woods the clootie well is a celtic site famous for its link to an ancient healing tradition.