Fiddler's Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fiddler's Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 15237
Site Number NH86NW 3
NGR NH 8075 6733
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH86NW 3 8075 6733.
(NH 8075 6733) Fiddler's Well (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Fiddler's Well is traditionally said to be a healing well. It is named after a man named Fiddler.
New Statistical Account (NSA, written by H Miller - 1836) 1845; G Mackenzie 1958.
A dry, artificial hole at NH 8075 6733 is presumably Fiddler's Well. It measures 2.0m by 0.6m by 0.5m deep. There is no sign of stone work and the bottom is choked with rotting vegetation.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J B) 16 January 1978.
Fiddler's Well; healing well.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
