Aberdeen, Baker Street
Icehouse (Period Unassigned), Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, Baker Street
Classification Icehouse (Period Unassigned), Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gilcomston Well
Canmore ID 20030
Site Number NJ90NW 129
NGR NJ 935 065
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20030
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 129 935 065.
'Redevelopment of this part of Gilcomston led to the location of the old Gilcomston Well, which was built in 1775 as part of a piped water supply to a number of cisterns in in the burgh of New Aberdeen. When this was supplanted in the 1840's by a new water supply, the old granite lined chamber found a new use. It was capped with a domed brick coping and converted into an ice house. By the turn of the century it had fallen into disuse and was largely forgotten.'
D H Evans 1986.
