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Bishop's Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bishop's Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 14674
Site Number NH78NW 4
NGR NH 7351 8895
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14674
- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH78NW 4 7351 8895.
(NH 7351 8895) Bishop's Well (NR)
OS 6" map, Sutherland, 2nd ed., (1907)
Bishop's Well: Applies to a well situated in a field of pasture situated about 7 chains SW of Skibo Castle. All efforts to obtain any information regarding the antiquity or derivation of the name have been unsuccessful. It is probably so called from the fact of Skibo Castle having been the summer residence of the Bishop of Sutherland and Caithness.
Name Book 1873.
This well is now walled in. Its position is indicated by a low stone arch. No other information was found regarding it.
Visited by OS (W D J) 6 June 1963.
No change and no further information.
Visited by OS (N K B) 5 December 1980.
