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Ballagawne Holy Well
Archaeology
Medieval holy well.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map records 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground' with the usual symbol locating the site.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1868) records that Feltham's description of the site in 1798 noted the existence of a spring. The text is confusing, suggesting that the spring is actually within the chapel, and the Survey instead locates it at a point midway between the site of the chapel and the modern house: this would be at c SC21556950.
The well was reportedly resorted to for the treatment of smallpox.
Connections
Book Chapters
- Grid Ref: SC2155069500
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record