Also known as a cloutie.
Clootie well inverness.
Known as a clootie well this is one of several remains of a celtic tradition that goes back to calling on.
There is said to have once been a chapel on the site.
This is a clootie well.
Comparisons of sets of photographs taken in 2007 and 2019 show very many more offerings extending much further from the well itself on the later set.
Clootie wells are wells or springs almost always with.
The 2018 film the party s just beginning written and directed by inverness born filmmaker karen gillan features the munlochy clootie well.
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.
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.
In scots a clootie or cloot is a strip of cloth or rag.
Lee and linzi steer of project reveal ghosts of britain gob were filming a live stream at the clootie well in munlochy just north of inverness when they caught the apparition on camera.
Volunteers are being sought to help community groups and rangers from forestry and land scotland fls at the clean up of the munlochy clootie well later this month.
A famous clootie well is set to be cleaned up after years of non biodegradable waste left the popular spot looking like a fly tipping site.
In the heart of culloden woods is st mary s well.
In truth today s clootie well has become a sort of all purpose focus for a range of alternative views of the world.
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.
Hidden in the woods of scotland s black isle is a grove of trees covered with rags.
The clootie well car park is on your right about 2 miles 3 6 km along this road before you reach munlochy.
If anything the clootie well seems to be getting more popular.
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.
A cloot is another name for a cloth or a rag.