I went to the "Clootie Well" on the Black Isle. It was a primeval place, full of atmosphere and ancient mystery. Local folk, in 2022, were still putting clothes and rags as offerings to their loved ones.
Thanks for this beautiful tour of these Sacred cites. I am a Hallowell (of the Holy Wells) and am just now remembering another facet of my role in Healing the Waters. I channel Assisting Frequencies and program water with codes. I am praying to unlock more of the wisdom in my DNA and past lives. For the planet... to Heal the Water both internally and externally to upgrade the ascension process into Christed Consciousness. So lovely to see your video. Much love. I am going to help people purify their water internally and externally so that we may remember deep wisdom and combat the technologies that aim to disrupt our natural balance.
@@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo you don’t have to leverage the technology. But it’s been such a huge blessing to so many! I’m so excited for the science emerging through our remembering of the power of water.
I mentioned wells in a comment last week about Scotland and today this video pops up in my feed,very strange. You got all this well covered and I'm away to watch this now. Thanks 👍 for showing our lost history. Your a joy 💖 to watch.
All through this video i keep hering my dads Glaswegian chant how many wells make a river your well makes it bigger. Hes gone now but would have really enjoyed your presentations Mark.
Hiya Mark. I've been having a wee binge session with yer videos for first time in ages it seems. Hope you and family are all well and safe brother. Great to see the new vids ma man 👍🏴👍
Another superb video Mark. Loved the well at the end... it looks as though it was once part of the tourist trail with the sign outside of it but has since been left to ruin. It is dreadful what the Georgians and Victorians did to history... it makes you want to scream when you read about farmers blowing up Roman statues to stop tourists trespassing, and generals stripping Hadrians wall of stone to build roads, or land owners destroying stone circles because it falls out of fashion in their country park gardens, or farmers using standing stones as gateposts... or even engineers knocking down castles to build railways.... argh! Although it was the threat to turn Newcastle keep into a windmill that created one of the first antiquary societies that ended up protecting what was left of Hadrians wall and the castles of Northumberland. There's a few holy wells south of the border in Northumberland too... most have been neglected there also... although the most famous one, Lady's Well at Holystone, is still a place of tourist pilgrimage, just not massive crowds. St Mungo's well at Simonburn still has a trickle of visitors heading down to the burn to see it, but almost nobody crosses the burn and heads through the undergrowth to the actual well and the bridge is collapsed. I believe Tony Robinson sought out a different well that Cuthbert and the monks would've used on his 'pretend to walk through history' series ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-csZb-pQuBec.html
Northern Wayfarer there’s a St Cuthbert well in Bellingham?? Place with the famous waterfall about a mile out the village. It looks forgotten too. Funny how Mungo the patron Saint of Glasgow has sites dedicated to him in England😂
@@MarkNicol123 I visited St Cuthbert well in Bellingham on the Grand Tour (as with Hareshaw Linn) - episode 16. Mungo's well used to be mugger's well and the church of St Mungo used to be dedicated to St Simon... At some point the late Victorians changed the names of both to St Mungo and I have no idea why. I toyed with the idea that it was because St Mungo's cousin married King Oswiu of Northumberland and there used to be an Anglo-Saxon church on the site... and perhaps some archaeological discovery at the time of renovating the existing church led to the discovery linking it to Mungo, but have not found any evidence to support that theory and the name, Simonburn suggests that St Simon was the original saint associated with the area. So no idea where Mungo comes into the story of the place... it's an enigma that has fascinated me for years.
@Northern Wayfarer it's very interesting to read your comment, I don't live far from Simonside near Rothbury, so it too must be connected to St. Simon? I've been to Holywell many times and am so glad there are NO gift shops, and tons of tourists!
@@marymcandrew7667 I am unsure about the Simonside hills... the earliest maps show that the church at Simonburn was once dedicated to St Simon, so I just put 2 and 2 together that the church name and the name of the hamlet were connected with each other; especially as the name of the burn is Crook burn and not Simon burn and the current houses were a later addition after Nunwick Hall cleared the original village to make a country park for the Hall. But it might be interesting to look into the Simonside hills and how they got their name. Sadly, a lot of place name origins are lost to time. LOL... the dilemma of the Northumbrian tourist board and Northumberland National Park... the desire to attract more visitors and investment into the region but the biggest selling point is that there is nobody here. Catch 22.
Northern Wayfarer I just realised I mistakenly referred to Holywell, and meant Holystone! Where's my head? Yeah, whenever we talk to other locals who love the countryside, the joke always is "don't tell anyone about Northumberland!" But it's hard not to boast about how beautiful it is! Right now there's far too many people descending upon our once quiet countryside. Our little village is heaving with people who are not regular visitors, and we're really tired of it. Waiting for the cold weather for some peace and quiet lol!
Thanks for sharing your journeys to the holy wells in the Borders. Always a treat to view Scotland from the air in your vids, hear Scottish history and see sacred sites up close. Hope to return one day.
By FAR the most beautiful Holy well is the Crystal well AKA St Cuthberts well AKA Virgin Mary well on the banks of the Tweed at Benrig St Boswell. Saint Boisil used to have a skete on that site.
Great vid and a reminder that scotland should be investing in tourism... not oil. Hundreds of millions of government money has been invested further north in the last 5 years and nothing to show for it :(
Another fantastic video Mark always a treat to see the Scottish Borders and the secret history you manage to find and show us. Have you seen the Mermaid Well at Dod Mill /Whiteburn down from the picnic area.
That was a great video mark thanks for your time and hard work putting it together you’re opening up the borders to all top man stay safe sir Rob from Kent
James Waters just reading a book about that at the moment. Some pretty compelling evidence for Jesus spending time in the British aisles during his 17ish year exodus from the Bible.
Wonderfully done Mark, yet another amazing part of our ancient history to be visited. A house I stayed in at the junction of the A68 to Hawick, it was called Cleekum Inn, is that cleek a hook that you referred to ?
Great job on another interesting video. I think ancient wells should be looked after and preserved but please no gift shops and toilets and tons of tourists, it would ruin it. Especially now when the quiet country spots are full of people who are not social distancing and leaving messes. I hope we can try to find some of the wells you and others here have mentioned and walk to them. Cheers!
all the wells, even the ones that have been "forgotten" has been mentioned in the holy well book. There are several books you can buy containing informations about all wells in scotland. Many of the information stems from centuries ago.
Ahahah found your channel a while ago, think your really humorous and you really speak like a tv program host. Think i seen you at st Mary’s loch a few years ago because I recognised you.
love ya videos but we differ slightly, Mary is dead and doesnt come back ,,,thats all catholic theories, and wells may have been visited by monks and others but they are earthly things and the only thing we are to pray to or pay homage to is Jesus
