Archaeology Notes
Event ID 715134
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NT42NW 7 4374 2681.
(NT 4374 2681) Tamlane's Well (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Tamlane's Well is by the roadside, at the foot of the steep slope that descends from the Carterhaugh farm buildings. The water is delivered by an iron pipe into a large stone trough.
RCAHMS 1957, visited 1952
This well, and Tamlane (son of Randolph, Earl of Moray) are referred to in a fairy ballad (W Scott).
Name Book 1858
The trough into which this well flowed, and water pipe are still in situ, but the well, which was in the bank 2.5 m N of the trough, is now filled in.
Visited by OS (RD) 28 January 1965
No change to the previous information.
Visited by OS (MJF) 16 December 1979