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St. Nechtan's Well, the Dungiven Holy Well or the Wart Well
Description of Well Item Type Metadata
1 Name of well and saint
The Dungiven Holy Well or The Wart Well as some call it is a well possibly dedicated to St Nechtan.
2 Townland, County, GPS
Townland: Dungiven
County: Londonderry
County: Londonderry
4 Cure
This well is known to cure wart illnesses, hence the name “wartwell.”
6 Offerings
The main offering left at this site is clooties that have been dipped in the water for people to leave behind their illness, issues, stress or warts.
9 Publications
http://www.earlychristianireland.net/Counties/derry/dungiven/
https://www.derryjournal.com/news/mystery-rag-tree-holy-well-dungiven-stripped-bare-749164
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/anger-after-holy-well-tree-in-northern-ireland-is-stripped-of-hundreds-of-prayer-rags-35344948.html
http://www.megalithicireland.com/The%20Wart%20Well,%20Dungiven.html
https://www.derryjournal.com/news/mystery-rag-tree-holy-well-dungiven-stripped-bare-749164
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/anger-after-holy-well-tree-in-northern-ireland-is-stripped-of-hundreds-of-prayer-rags-35344948.html
http://www.megalithicireland.com/The%20Wart%20Well,%20Dungiven.html
10 More
In 2017, many of the clootie rags were removed from the site at Dungiven Priory. The Belfast Telegraph wrote a brief article sharing the story of a teacher who came to visit the well and was horrified when he saw that all the rags had been removed. They are not sure who removed the rags. This article was published January 6th, 2017. (You can find this information on the first page of the article)