Lady's Well, Culsalmond
Well (Period Unassigned), Coin (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lady's Well, Culsalmond
Classification Well (Period Unassigned), Coin (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 18288
Site Number NJ63SW 24
NGR NJ 6495 3254
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18288
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Culsalmond
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ63SW 24 6495 3254.
(NJ 6495 3254) Lady's Well (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A well, believed to have healing qualities, had been at the foot of the Culsalmond Bank, to the W of Lady's Causeway (a farm, shown on OS 6" map 1873).
In digging a drain at the foot of the bank, a workman struck his pick into the bottom of a well which had been there, causing the water to re-issue. A well-preserved gold coin of James I was recovered and is now in the Freefield collection. (The NSA [1845] does not make it clear whether the coin was found in Lady's Well, though this is likely.)
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
A spring well now converted to an open drinking trough. Name Lady's Well still known locally.
Visited by OS (NKB) 13 March 1969.
Project (April 2006 - October 2006)
The proposed underground cable runs from N of Kirkton Farm, Colpy, AB52 6XD to Blackhall Road (adjacent to Westburn Gardens), Inverurie, AB51 5SN. The National Grid Reference of the NW end is NJ64961 33749 and the SE end is NJ75620 21721. The proposed cable is in Culsalmond Parish (NW end) and Inverurie (SE end). The height is 245-250m OD (NW end) and 95-100m (SE end). 1.2 The work was commissioned by Gordon McConachie, CKD Galbraith LLP for SSE. All the archaeological work will be carried out in the context of Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) Planning Advice Note (PAN 2/2011) and Scottish Historic Environment Scotland’s Policy Statement (HESPS), which state that archaeological remains should be regarded as part of the environment to be protected and managed.
Following a Desk-Based Assessment, a walkover of the entire length of the cable trench, carried out 30 April - 5 May 2016, revealed no new sites on the route but a number of Scheduled Monuments and archaeological and historical sites have been identified on the route and a watching brief was required in six areas. Six trenches were monitored between 14 June and 26 September 2016. At least two and possibly four prehistoric ring ditches with associated pottery were identified in two trenches and these were retained in situ and a clear path identified in each case for the cable trench. The base of a possible rock-cut ditch was uncovered at Durno and this was recorded, sampled and backfilled. At this area of the Roman camp the cropmark is not visible as the underlying geology is bedrock.
One ring ditch was found at the N end of the pipeline associated with prehistoric pottery and one definite and two potential ring ditches at Glenniston. In the road within Logie Durno Roman Camp, the base of a possible ditch was identified in an area where the cropmark is not visible as the underlying geology is bedrock. The watching briefs are now complete and the cabling being laid. A Post-Excavation Research Design (PERD) will now be prepared for the post-excavation works required.
