Elgin, Order Pot
Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Elgin, Order Pot
Classification Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 16593
Site Number NJ26SW 10
NGR NJ 2260 6277
NGR Description NJ 2260 6277 and NJ 2262 6276
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16593
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 10 2260 6277 and 2262 6276.
(NJ 2260 6277) Order Pot (NR) (Site of), (NJ 2262 6276) Stone (NAT)
OS 6" map, Morayshire, 2nd ed., (1906)
Order Pot was once a deep and extensive pool, believed to be the remains of a former channel of the River Lossie: In this pool witches were legally and publicly drowned as late as AD 1560. The Order Pot later became filled in during the 19th century - being the dumping ground for stones and broken materials from Elgin Cathedral and elsewhere. In 1890 a stone was erected by the Town Council to mark the spot.
L Shaw 1882; C Rampini 1897; H B Mackintosh 1924.
The stone, mentioned above, bears an inscription relating the events above. There is no other indication of the former existence of this feature in the area, which is now within a housing estate.
Visited by OS (R D L) 10 December 1962.
