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Culloden Moor, Well Of The Dead
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Culloden Moor, Well Of The Dead
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Battle Of Culloden
Canmore ID 14297
Site Number NH74SW 20
NGR NH 7431 4497
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14297
- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Inverness)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74SW 20 7431 4497.
For Culloden Moor, Battlefield (centred NH 742 450), see NH74NW 17.00.
(NH 7431 4497) Well of the Dead (NAT)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
The 'Well of the Dead' is still to be seen near the graves (NH74NW 17.03) on the field of the Battle of Culloden. To this well it is said that the wounded and dying crawled to quench their thirst. - hence the name.
Name Book 1869; 1871.
This is a small stone-lined rectangular cavity containing water.
Visited by OS (W D J) 24 April 1962.