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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 690506
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/690506
NO56NW 15 5425 6814.
(NO 5425 6814) St Mary's Well (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1972).
A holy well which has always borne the name of Mary's Well. Silver coins and other votive offerings have been found in it.
F Cruikshank 1899.
St Mary's Well is a spring emitting from the foot of a natural bank. There is no built-up well about it.
Visited by OS (JLD) 16 July 1958.
