Lady Well in Glasgow, Scotland

Perhaps even before Glasgow city was founded, this medieval spring has been quietly gurgling its way through history. The well is situated in an unlikely spot in Scotland’s largest city. At the end of the appropriately named Ladywell Street, the well’s small niche is carved into the western wall of the Glasglow Necropolis and Tennent’s Brewery, home to the UK’s largest beer attraction. There used to be 16 of these watery founts across the city in 1736, but few have survived into the present. The Lady Well is dedicated to the Virgin Mary…

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