Take a short detour off the North Coast 500driving route to visit this spooky site.Ī post shared by The Local Guide (Scotland) on at 12:39am PDT Thankfully, to keep both the environment and the water spirits happy, the local forestry commission has asked for any items that are left to be biodegradable! With socks, scarves and many other items knotted and braided into the branches of the trees, Clootie Well looks like a scene from a horror film – definitely not somewhere you would want to stumble upon in the dark! The ritual goes that if you soak a cloth (‘clootie’ in Scots) belonging to someone suffering from an illness in the well and hang it on a tree, as the item begins to disintegrate, any sickness or ill health will fade from the person.Ĭalling on water spirits for healing is an old Celtic tradition which has remained strong throughout the ages. Steeped in Pagan tradition and hidden amongst the woods of the Black Isle in the Highlands, Clootie Well is an eerie sight to behold. Whilst our famous castles, towns and beaches should definitely be on your ‘must see’ list, we’ve put together a list of alternative places to be discovered on your Absolute Escapes self-drive holiday in Scotland.
Edinburgh alone has countless ghostly sites and unusual places to discover. From extraordinary caves on uninhabited islands to sites of Pagan tradition, Scotland certainly has its fair share of wonderful, weird, and a little bit wacky sites.
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