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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 669919
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/669919
NJ72SW 4 7178 2400.
(NJ 7178 2400) St Mary's Well (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A fine spring well of great antiquity.
Name Book 1867.
The well has been 'modernised' and the water is now contained in a vertical 'pipe' (1.0m deep and 0.6m diameter). The whole is surrounded by a concrete encasement (0.9m x 0.9m) almost level with the ground, which has a rectangular iron cover on top to allow access. Name still in local use.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (ISS) 11 July 1973.
This spring well was formerly associated with St Mary's Chapel (NJ72SW 6).
NMRS, MS/712/71.
