Milngavie, Black Bull Hotel
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Milngavie, Black Bull Hotel
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 44499
Site Number NS57SE 33
NGR NS 5533 7440
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44499
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish New Kilpatrick (Bearsden And Milngavie)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Bearsden And Milngavie
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57SE 33 5533 7440.
In June, 1961, workmen undertaking alterations to the Black Bull Hotel, Milngavie, uncovered an old well of dry stone masonry 20 ins below the concrete paving of the courtyard. At this depth was a large, rectangular stone slab covering the well which contained a considerable quantity of bricks and mortar, presumably the debris of the superstructure. A lead pipe, with two visible soldered joints, emerged from between the stones of the side above the water and descended into the debris. At least three cross beams of wood, D-shaped in section, were fixed across one side of the well to form a crude ladder. The well has been preserved and can be seen in the new entrance hall of the hotel.
E W MacKie 1962.
