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Tweed's Well
Spring (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tweed's Well
Classification Spring (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Tweed; Tweedsmuir; Source Of River Tweed
Canmore ID 48487
Site Number NT01SE 12
NGR NT 0537 1463
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48487
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Tweedsmuir
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT01SE 12 0537 1463
(NT 0537 1463) Tweed's Well (Source of River Tweed) (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1911)
Tweed's Well at Tweedsmuir had become holy through the sacred associations of baptism, or equally holy from grateful benefits derived from mineral qualities.
C B Gunn 1930.
A natural spring. There is no evidence for its being a holy well.
Visited by OS (W D J), 14 September 1959.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Evidence for this site, or the origins of this site, comes from documentary sources. Nothing may be visible at this location.
Information from SBC.
