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Straloch, St Mary's Well
Holy Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Straloch, St Mary's Well
Classification Holy Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Straloch House Policies
Canmore ID 19690
Site Number NJ82SE 3
NGR NJ 8596 2131
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19690
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish New Machar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82SE 3 8596 2131.
(NJ 859 2131) St Mary's Well (NR).
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1928)
This is a spring near the site of the chapel (NJ82SE 2). The proprietor has erected over it a small circular arbour with a seat round the interior.
Name Book 1866.
St Mary's Well has no circular arbour nor seat although it is in the centre of a paved area. The well probably derived its name from St Mary's Chapel, (NJ82SE 2) although there is no local tradition to connect the two.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 March 1964.
St Mary's Well lies 20m to the S of the site of the chapel (NJ82SE 2), on a levelled terrace beside the 'Big Burn'. The well is retained by a circular rubble and mortar wall 1m in diameter and contains a step.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 7 November 1996.
