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Moffat Well
Well (17th Century)
Site Name Moffat Well
Classification Well (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mineral Well
Canmore ID 48351
Site Number NT00NE 33
NGR NT 09240 07200
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48351
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Moffat
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NT00NE 33 09240 07200
See also NT00NE 31.
This sulphureous well was discovered in the 17th century (c. 1640). Famous for the cure of scrophulous and scorbutic complaints. The well is enclosed in a stone building. A rusty building nearby was a ballroom.
Name Book 1857.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Record Office:
GD/18/5971
Proposals by Sir John Clerk for building round and generally improving the condition of the well, 1732
