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Munlochy Clootie Well

Black Isle, Ross-shire

A hillside covered in thousands of rags, tied for luck and healing.

Beside the road on the Black Isle, a spring trickles out among trees covered in thousands of strips of cloth, socks and scarves. Tradition says you should dip a rag in the water, tie it to a branch and walk away without looking back.

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When
Ancient
Where
57.5560, -4.2670
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

A small lay-by on the A832 near Munlochy. Please use natural fabrics.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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