Perth, Rose Terrace, Old Perth Academy
Well(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Perth, Rose Terrace, Old Perth Academy
Classification Well(S) (19th Century)
Canmore ID 28299
Site Number NO12SW 140
NGR NO 11678 24027
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28299
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 140 11678 24027
A watching brief recorded two sandstone revetted wells uncovered during demolition in the backlands of Rose Terrace in May 1985. Both occurred c 1.0m below the present ground surface under previous demolition rubble. Both were capped with sandstone slabs and backfilled or silted up to depths of c 1.3m and 1.4m with outer diameters of 1.86m and 1.73m respectively. They were some 12m apart. At c 0.3m below the top course of each well, were integral drains which may have acted to catch drain-off from adjacent buildings. The earliest likely date is late 18th early 19th century.
M Lind 1985.
NMRS REFERENCE
A collection of designs for the Old Academy
by Robert Reid, 1803.
