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Field Visit
Date 24 September 1999
Event ID 613260
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613260
Two masks of bearded fauns with pointed ears and open mouths; one facing east, the other west, on a stone wellhead.
See inscription.
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : On plaque on wellhead: THE NETHERBOW / WELLHEAD / THIS WELLHEAD OR CISTERN, IS THE / OLDEST OF THE SURVIVING CISTERNS, / DESIGNED BY SIR WILLIAM BRUCE, / SURVEYOR OF THE ROYAL WORKS, / AND FIRST BUILT BY ROBERT MYLNE, / KING'S MASTER MASON, IN AROUND / 1675. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REBUILT. / THE CISTERNS PROVIDED WATER / FROM COMISTON SPRINGS VIA THE / CASTLEHILL RESERVOIR FOR THE / INHABITANTS OF THE OLD TOWN. / THE NETHERBOW WELLHEAD WAS REPAIRED AND / RESTORED TO USE WITH A BASIN AND RUNNING / DRINKING WATER BY THE EDINBURGH OLD TOWN / RENEWAL TRUST AND LOTHIAN AND EDINBURGH / ENTERPRISE LIMITED IN 1997.
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0754)
