St Aethan's Well, Burghead
Holy Well (Period Unassigned), Spring (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Aethan's Well, Burghead
Classification Holy Well (Period Unassigned), Spring (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 16210
Site Number NJ16NW 8
NGR NJ 1207 6906
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16210
- Council Moray
- Parish Duffus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ16NW 8 1207 6906.
(NJ 1207 6906) St Aethan's Well (NR)
OS 6" map, (1905)
The well had the property of healing long ascribed to it but it has no mineral properties. It is extensively used at present being the only real fresh water in the neighbourhood.
Name Book 1870.
St Ethan's Well, about 1/4 mile east of the village was probably dedicated to Saint Ethernanus, a Columban saint, who founded several churches on the eastern seaboard of Scotland.
G Bain 1893; W J Watson 1926.
A natural spring in a small circular hollow which is now piped into a narrow stone-lined trough. There is still a slight flow of water, but the well is overgrown and apparently disused.
Visited by OS (W D J) 16 September 1963.
