Dundee, Seagate, Cross Well
Well (Medieval)
Site Name Dundee, Seagate, Cross Well
Classification Well (Medieval)
Canmore ID 33478
Site Number NO43SW 21
NGR NO 4050 3049
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33478
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO43SW 21 4050 3049.
(NO 4050 3049) The Cross Well was apparently in existence about 1325, and stood near the junction of Peter Street with Seagate. After 1365, the name of the well does not appear in history.
A C Lamb 1895.
Publication Account (1988)
This stood in the Marketgait to the east of the market cross erected there in 1586... The Cross Well was also removed from the Marketgate to the rear of the new Town Hall, in the Vault.
Information from ‘Historic Dundee: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1988).
