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  1. Scotland has some strange and spooky places, but few were - until its clearance of offerings - stranger or spookier than the Clootie Well on the Black Isle north of Inverness, which had become a rather weird remnant of an ancient tradition. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mun

    #Scotland #BlackIsle #ClootieWell #Tradition #Well #Munlochy #UndiscoveredScotland

  2. Saint Nectan's Kieve is a #ClootieWell (#HolyWell), located near #Tintagel in #Cornwall. Clootie wells are places of pilgrimage usually found in Celtic areas where small strips of cloth or ribbons are left as part of a healing ritual. The basin was also surrounded by #CoinTrees where offerings were pushed into the wet logs in the hopes of having a wish granted, or a prayer answered, by a nature spirit, saint or goddess.

    A few pics from @yourfriendem & I's trip this yr.

    #folklore #archaeology