Elgin, Mary Well
Holy Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Elgin, Mary Well
Classification Holy Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) St Mary's Well
Canmore ID 16662
Site Number NJ26SW 5
NGR NJ 2082 6270
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16662
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 5 2082 6270
(NJ 2082 6270) St. Mary's Well (NR)
OS 6" map, Morayshire, 2nd ed., (1906)
Tradition has it that this well is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and supplied the water consecrated to religious purposes.
H B Mackintosh 1924.
In the town of Elgin was a Well of our Lady
H Scott (Fasti Eccles Scot) 1915-61.
This well is a stone construction set in the ground and at the base of a wall. At ground level it measures 0.9 x 0.7 metres, below which it is stepped down 0.2 metres to an opening 0.4 x 0.5 metres which holds water apparently to a depth of about 0.3 metres.
A board above the well gives its name simply as 'Mary Well' and it is so named on a map in Elgin Museum (Information from a map of the Burgh of Elgin, 1836 by Robert Ray)
Visited by OS (R D L), 11 December 1962.
