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Rose Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rose Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 49084
Site Number NT06NW 8
NGR NT 0473 6869
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49084
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Livingston
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT06NW 8 0473 6869.
(NT 0470 6869) Rose Well (NR)
OS 6" map (1856)
This well, now partly choked with weeds, appears to have been formerly enclosed by stonework which has fallen in. It is a fine spring, with a small stream always issuing from it. Its name is said to derive from the Kings of Scotland using its water by touching people with it as a cure for the Rose or King's Evil (scrofula) before sunrise on New Year's Day (see also NT06NW 2).
Name Book 1856
NT 0473 6869. A hollow c.2.0m across now filled with field clearance. There is no longer a stream issuing from it and no trace of any stone lining.
Visited by OS (JP) 19 March 1974
