Rag offerings of this kind are the same custom that survives at the Munlochy Clootie Well across the Moray Firth. Miller's account puts it firmly in the past by 1835, which makes the survival at Munlochy the more notable.
Folklore & legend
The Saints' Wells of Cromarty
Near the ruins of St Bennet's chapel, Cromarty parish
Traditional; medieval origin, fading by the early 19th century
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 57.681, -4.035 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Hugh Miller, Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, Chapter VIII, The Reformation [public-domain]
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