Archaeology Notes

Event ID 682835

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO12SE 10 1646 2102

(NO 1646 2102) Wallace's Well (NR)

OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed., (1902)

'A small spring well near Elcho Castle receiving its name from the water of it being Sir William Wallace's favourite drink while residing at Elcho Castle.'

Name Book 1860.

The well appears to be a natural spring in a patch of wet ground.

Visited by OS (R D L) 11 June 1964.

This site was not visited during the course of revision survey.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 10 December 1996.