Westerhall, St John's Well

Site Name Westerhall, St John's Well

Classification Holy Well (Medieval)

Canmore ID 19286

Site Number NJ76SE 6

NGR NJ 7916 6453

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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NJ76SE 6 7916 6453.

(NJ 7916 6453) St John's Well (NR)

OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1904)

This is a spring of fresh water, below St John's Church (NJ76SE 2) which was formerly a holy well.

Name Book 1869.

No trace. The well has been completely covered by cliff falls.

Revised at 1/2500.

Field Visit (May 2022)

NJ 79160 64530 Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. Well not visible from shore.

Information from S. Boyd and J. Hambly - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE)

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