New website for Isle of Man Wells – another of my interests. Many of the wells have been forgotten and neglected for years and I would like to highlight their…
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Holy Wells
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Lovely video by Culture Vannin on the rediscovery of Chibbyr Baltane in the parish of Rushen! This important well was visited by our ancestors for healing through the centuries but…
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“In memory of our ancestors, who, through long ages, came to this well and here, in simple faith, made prayers and vows with humble offerings.” So this became a holy…
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Every parish in the Isle of Man had its wells, wells that in the distant past played an important part in the lives of the community. Many of them were…
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Rather unexpectedly both the second and third Wonders are associated traditionally with the parish of Onchan. Castle Rushen claims within its walls a well which rises and falls with the…
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Chibber-yn-rhullic ‘Well of the Graveyard’, is a medicinal spring, now much overgrown on the summit of South Barrule. This is the spring which was believed to have direct communication with…
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Almost invariably there was a spring or a gentle stream nearby every Keeill. It served the purpose of baptism and retained the respect associated with it in pagan times. It…