holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy...
20 KB (2,288 words) - 12:16, 19 July 2024
The nuragic holy well is a typical Sardinian hypogean Bronze Age structure for the worship of the waters. Scattered throughout the island, along with...
4 KB (495 words) - 14:30, 23 June 2022
The Holy Well is set on the slopes of the Malvern Hills above Malvern Wells. The well is believed to be the site of the oldest bottling plant in the world...
11 KB (971 words) - 21:49, 18 August 2024
piped water supply from the well Uses Holy well, sacred wells in various religions Abraham's well, sacred well in Israel Ghat, sacred in Hinduism and...
48 KB (6,094 words) - 16:12, 27 May 2024
overseeing the holy Zamzam well have moved with the times". Arab News. April 7, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022. General Presidency of the Holy Mosque and...
42 KB (5,380 words) - 20:48, 20 August 2024
The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים, romanized: Qōḏeš haqQŏḏāšīm or Kodesh HaKodashim; also הַדְּבִיר hadDəḇīr, 'the Sanctuary') is a term...
26 KB (3,184 words) - 14:30, 9 July 2024
A clootie well is a holy well (or sacred spring), almost always with a tree growing beside it, where small strips of cloth or ribbons are left as part...
10 KB (1,210 words) - 13:29, 16 August 2024
River Awbeg (section Holy wells)
On our premises [..] At the river Awbeg [..] we have a "holy well" [..] Next to the holy well an original "Sheila na gGioch" "NMS mapping data - CO026-086002-"...
8 KB (768 words) - 15:30, 21 August 2024
site is managed by Cadw. St Winefride's Holy Well at Holywell Farm in Cheshire is one of a number of holy wells dedicated to St Winefride which were placed...
20 KB (2,340 words) - 05:05, 12 August 2024
Castleknock (section Holy wells)
Mary. In the townland of Diswellstown, there is a historic "rag well" - a holy well near which rags were left. Although it still flows, it was "buried"...
26 KB (2,781 words) - 13:09, 1 July 2024