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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPEL WELL (Site of) | Chapel Well (Site of) Chapel Well (Site of) Chapel Well (Site of) Well of Struthill |
Mr. Robert McArra Mr. Archibald McEwen Mr. John Allen New Statistical Account |
107 | The site of this remarkable well is still visible, about 30 yards North west of the site of the old chapel some time ago a drain was dug from it and a new well or drinking trough formed situated between the old well, and site of Chapel "A third well upon the side of the Machony was of still greater importance. It was called the well of Struthill, and by the credulous was much sought after, as its virtues were considered effectual in curing madness. Doubtless, its celebrity was altogether owing to the artifices of the avaricious religionists, who, it would appear, practised on the superstition of frequent visitors, to call forth their liberality in the shape of offerings cast into the well. That this account is more than mere conjecture, appears from the fact, that the Papish chapel which stood near the well was ordered by the presbytery of Auchterarder, anno 1650, to be demolished, on account of the superstitions which were practised within it. But even this was not effectual to do away with the celebrity of the well, or rather, we may say, was not effectual to lessen the avarice of those who kept it; for in 1668 several persons testified before the presbytery of Stirling, that, having carried a woman thither, "They had stayed two nights at a house hard by the well; that the first night they did bind her twice to a stone at the well, but she came into the house to them being loosed without any help: The second night they bound her over again to the same stone; and she returned loose. And they declare also that she was very mad before that they took her to the well, but since that time, she is working and sober in her wits". This well was still celebrated, and votive offerings were cast into it, in the year 1723; but such delusions have now happily passed away" New Statistical Account The popular name of this well is Chapel Well. |
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