Clootie Well Black Isle Scotland

Known as a clootie well this is one of several remains of a celtic tradition that goes back to calling on.

Clootie well black isle scotland. In celtic history a clootie well was a place of pilgrimage for those seeking healing. The 2018 film the party s just beginning written and directed by inverness born filmmaker karen gillan features the munlochy clootie well. The cloutie well is evidence of superstition still happily co existing alongside religious belief in the black isle. A fictional clootie well at auchterarder features in the 2006 novel the naming of the dead by ian rankin who visited the clootie well at munlochy on black isle before writing the book.

There is said to have once been a chapel on the site. With some dating to the times of druids the wells were later attached to various saints and. The village of munlochy sits astride the b9161 close to its junction with the a832 in the heart of the black isle the promontory that lies north of inverness bounded by the moray firth to the south and the cromarty firth to the north. Munlochy clootie well the clootie well munlochy black isle a healing well at munlochy was dedicated to st boniface or curidan.

Clootie wells are wells or springs almost always with. Not too far from the black isle brewery is the clootie well which i have to admit looks a bit like a scene from a movie like the blair witch project. To reach the littleburn car park turn right about 2 miles 3 2 km along this road and follow the single track road for just over mile 400 metres. In scots a clootie or cloot is a strip of cloth or rag.

Half a mile west of this junction the a832 enters a forested area and as it does passing motorists are treated to the odd spectacle of bits of cloth and. Gavin nicholson the two metre tour guide has been discovering scotland his whole life and over the last 8 years he has become one of the most sought after tour guides in scotland br br gavin is a knowledgeable and passionate born and bred scottish highlander who will entertain you with stories and anecdotes about growing up in scotland br br sit back and relax while you tour in one of the. You ll see the brightly coloured rags near the car park entrance. Hidden in the woods of scotland s black isle is a grove of trees covered with rags.