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Aboyne, Lady's Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aboyne, Lady's Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Aboyne Golf Course
Canmore ID 35281
Site Number NO59NW 13
NGR NO 5312 9974
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35281
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Aboyne And Glentanar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO59NW 13 5312 9974.
(NO 5312 9974) Lady's Well (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
There was a well of Our Lady in Aboyne parish.
H Scott et al 1915-61.
Lady's Well has borne this name for more than a century. It is said that the lady of the Castle (NO59NW 5) often visited the well, the water of which was beneficial to her health, hence the name.
Name Book 1865.
A natural spring (now overgrown with vegetation) lined with rough stones to form a rectangular 'trough' measuring 1.3m NE-SW by 0.6m. The NE end is covered by a flat slab.
Visited by OS (ISS) 13 July 1972.
