Lost Wells: Recent Episodes
Katch Holmes
Wells were vital to our existence, important social and cultural hubs which provided fresh supplies of clean water, healing and spiritual meccas.
Katch Holmes goes on a whistle-stop tour round well sites in Galloway, touching on issues of water supplies, vanished populations, healing, historical movements, mythology and folk tales.
The Galloway Glens Lost Wells project was instigated in lockdown. It tasked people to carry out online research to discover lost wells near them.
Supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic Environment, Scotland
Illustration: Simon Holmes
Katch goes back to the well near her home that started it all off for her and touches on some big theories concerning Carsphairn’s medieval history.
Image: Matt Hickman at the Green Well of Scotland, Carsphairn, part of the Green Well of Scotland Exhibition photographed by Alicia Bruce
Thanks to Robin Ade, Sarah Ade, Laya Ade, Dr Peter Hewitt and Simon Holmes
Music: Face to Face by Twelfth Day
References
A History of Galloway, by William Mackenzie, 1841
Life of St Columba, by Adomnan of Iona, 640AD
The podcast is part of the Galloway GlensLost Wells project. Instigated during the depths of lockdown, the online project tasked members of the community to research and discover ‘lost wells’ in their vicinity.
Galloway Glens is supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic Environment, Scotland.
Wells were vital to our existence, important social and cultural hubs which provided fresh supplies of clean water, healing functions and spiritual meccas.
Researching well sites at Kirkcudbright, Twynholm and Castle Douglas become a gateway into discovering more about Galloway’s part in the slave trade as well as covenanters and the romantic era.
Image: Lyn Walby and Paul Connor at the Fairies Well near Twynholm
Thanks to Dr Peter Hewitt, Lyn Walby, Paul Connor and Claire Martin
Music: Face to Face by Twelfth Day
The podcast is part of the Galloway GlensLost Wells project. Instigated during the depths of lockdown, the online project tasked members of the community to research and discover ‘lost wells’ in their vicinity.
Galloway Glens is supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic Environment, Scotland.
Wells were vital to our existence, important social and cultural hubs which provided fresh supplies of clean water, healing functions and spiritual meccas.
Katch continues her exploration of some of the wells discovered near Dalry and Lauriston and learns a little more about the mineral qualities of their waters.
Image: Andrew Wilson at Lochenbreck Spa Well, near Lauriston
Thanks to Michael Ansell and Andrew Wilson
Music: The Lassie I loved at Lochenbreck Well poem by Malcolm McLachlan Harper, melody and song by Sue Taylor
Face to Face by Twelfth Day
The podcast is part of the Galloway GlensLost Wells project. Instigated during the depths of lockdown, the online project tasked members of the community to research and discover ‘lost wells’ in their vicinity.
Galloway Glens is supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic Environment, Scotland.
In this episode Katch visits her first ‘lost well’ near Borgue and chats to some of the people behind the project appreciating the potential relevance of such an initiative for the future.
Image: Katch Holmes at the Singing Kettle Well, Borgue
Featuring Dr Peter Hewitt, Helen Keron and Claire Williamson.
Music: Twelfth Day Face to Face
The podcast is part of the Galloway GlensLost Wells project. Instigated during the depths of lockdown, as part of the Can You Dig It project, the online project tasked members of the community to research and discover ‘lost wells’ in their vicinity.
National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic Environment, Scotland have supported the Can You Dig It project.