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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Mary's Well (Logan)Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Port Logan
Map Ref: NX096428
Latitude: 54.743985N Longitude: 4.959534W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
This well, classified as a holy well, by Canmore, is recorded as Canmore Site ID 60523.
In both 1882 and 1972, the well could not be located, although a more recent entry by R & F Morris, in 1982, tells us: "(The well is) situated on the west short of the Mull of Galloway, near Logan' (reference from Morris and Morris R and F, (1982) Scottish healing wells: healing, holy, wishing and fairy wells of the mainland of Scotland. Page 183).
I have scoured the National Library of Scotland maps from 1848 onwards (both 6 inch and 25 inch), and also the Dumfries & Galloway Historic Environment Record, but been unable to locate this well, so if anyone has a transcript of Morris & Morris's 1982 book, I'd be very pleased to hear from you.
If anyone has any information about this well at all, please leave a comment on this site page - thanks in advance for your help.
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