Clootie Well Culloden

The well is a place where you take an item of clothing or cloth cloot and soak it in the well and then rub it on the ailment.

Clootie well culloden. You can find out more about its causes what happened on the day and its lasting effects on scottish history at the national trust for scotland s culloden battlefield. Clootie wells are wells or springs almost always with. The battle of culloden between government troops and the jacobite army of bonnie prince charlie was the last battle fought on british soil. In scots a clootie or cloot is a strip of cloth or rag.

Enterprise or others to the clootie well st mary s well in culloden forest inverness. Also known as a cloutie. If you book with tripadvisor you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. There is said to have once been a chapel on the site.

The rag or cloot is dipped in the well and tied to a tree in the hope that a sickness or ailment will fade as the rag disintegrates. In the heart of culloden woods is st mary s well. In scotland by the village of munlochy on the a832 is a clootie well at an ancient spring dedicated to saint curetán where rags are still hung on the surrounding bushes and trees here the well was once thought to have had the power to cure sick children who were left there overnight. Enclosed in a woodland settling is one of scotland s greatest clootie well tobar na coille often called st.

Munlochy clootie well the clootie well munlochy black isle a healing well at munlochy was dedicated to st boniface or curidan. We recommend booking clootie well tours ahead of time to secure your spot. Mary s well but translated means the well of the wood. A cloot is another name for a cloth or a rag.

There s another clootie well in culloden forest near inverness. This site comprises an enclosed natural spring surrounded by many trees within the culloden forest. Apart from the battlefield the most notable site in the surrounding area is the clootie well in culloden woods where brightly coloured rags are hung as offerings from people wishing to be cured of ailments. It is the local custom for pieces of cloth the clooties to be tied to the branches of the trees near the well.

The tradition dates far back into pre christian times to the. Tour the highlands culloden cairns and cawdor 2 to 15 passengers. In the heart of culloden woods near the battlefield is a walled clootie well also known as st mary s well. If you want to bring a cloot by all means do biodegradable cotton or wool are best for the environment.

This well was traditionally visited on the first sunday in may.