St Aidan's Well
Spring (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Aidan's Well
Classification Spring (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 35137
Site Number NO56SW 4
NGR NO 5339 6413
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35137
- Council Angus
- Parish Menmuir
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO56SW 4 5339 6413.
(NO 5339 6413) St Aidan's Well (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1972).
The site of a spring dedicated to St Aidan, sometimes corrupted to St Iten, and believed to perform miraculous cures.
A J Warden 1884.
By 1853 the water had been drained to issue from a spout at the road-side, round which a building had been erected by 1862, when only a hollow marked the actual site of the well.
A Jervise 1853; Name Book 1862.
There is no trace of a well at the site indicated.
Visited by OS (RL) 1 November 1967.
