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Condition Survey
Date February 1996
Event ID 1125796
Category Recording
Type Condition Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1125796
The site consists of a large rounded boulder c. 1.5m long, 1m wide and 0.9m high. Below this large boulder there is a stone bowl c. 0.5m in diameter and 0.4m high which was fed by a small lead pipe protruding from underneath the boulder. The well appears to have dried up and no trace was found of the earlier stone arch. A length of track which leads up to the boulder and around its north-eastern side may have been the access track to St Anthony’s Chapel. It is defined by a length of stone kerning c. 58m long, 0.6m wide and 0.1 - 0.2m wide. The track is crossed by two cross ridges, or steps, 27m and 44m from the west end. At the east end there are a set of 33 worn steps, each consisting of 3 - 5 flat stones, leading up and around the well. The date of this trackway and steps is unknown but it seems to be suffering from heavy use.
Information from Derek Alexander (Centre for Field Archaeology, University of Edinburgh) February 1997, no.38
Alexander 1997
