A Beltane clouty well situated above the N shore of Munlochy Bay, Black Isle, N of Inverness. An ancient pagan well partly Christianized.

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A Beltane clouty well situated above the N shore of Munlochy Bay, Black Isle. An ancient pagan well partly Christianized, but visits are still made on May Day morning, clouties tied to the trees & gifts left for the "wee folk". The spring on a wooded hillside emerges from a rock niche with a sloping lintel, forms a shallow pool & trickles down to the beach.

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Size: 3956px × 5300px
Location: Craigie Well, Avoch, Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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