You ll see the brightly coloured rags near the car park entrance.
Clootie well.
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Hidden in the woods of scotland s black isle is a grove of trees covered with rags.
Writing in his 1869 book of days robert chambers mentioned a well to the east of the current munlochy site called craigach well in avoch he describes the scene on the first sunday of may as like a fair with english scots and gaelic all spoken as the pilgrims made their offerings.
The clootie well car park is on your right about 2 miles 3 6 km along this road before you reach munlochy.
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The clootie well is mentioned by several historical writers and collectors of folklore and tradition.
Hidden in the woods the clootie well is a celtic site famous for its link to an ancient healing tradition.
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Known as a clootie well this is one of several remains of a celtic tradition that goes back to calling on.
The tradition dates far back into pre christian times to the.
There is said to have once been a chapel on the site.
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Munlochy clootie well the clootie well munlochy black isle a healing well at munlochy was dedicated to st boniface or curidan.
In scots a clootie or cloot is a strip of cloth or rag.
The clootie well is a rather weird remnant of an ancient tradition once commonly found in scotland and ireland of holy wells to which pilgrims would come and make offerings usually in the hope of having an illness cured.
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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.