Folklore & legend

St Fillan's Well and Chair at Kilallan

Also known as: Kilallan Kirk

St Fillan's Kirk, Seat and Well, Kilallan, near Houston

Early medieval site; customs recorded to the 1600s and later

The site is a group of a ruined kirk, a boulder and a well that together make one of the more complete surviving saint's sites in the west of Scotland. The cure customs and the cloth offerings follow patterns known from other holy wells.

The pin is from Wikipedia's coordinates, so treat it as approximate.

A rural site on a minor road near Kilallan. Ground can be wet and uneven.
Evidence
Long-standing local tradition
Access
Open ground
Location
55.886, -4.588 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)

Sources: Wikipedia, "St Fillan's Kirk, Seat and Well" [other]; St Fillan's Well and Houston, Grian Press [other]

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