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Linlithgow, Friar's Well

Well (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Linlithgow, Friar's Well

Classification Well (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 49194

Site Number NT07NW 25

NGR NT 0024 7676

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council West Lothian
  • Parish Linlithgow
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District West Lothian
  • Former County West Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT07NW 25 0024 7676.

(NT 0024 7676) Friar's Well (NAT)

OS 6" map (1958)

Friars' Well: A well on Friars' Brae where the inhabitants of the friary (NT07NW 7) used to get water. It is now covered over with flagstones and its water piped to the Cross Well (NT07NW 11), from which circumstance it has the alternative name of Fountain Head of Cross Well. Name Book 1856

The well is situated in a public park and has been covered with a stone arch. Its water is no longer piped to the Cross Well.

Visited by OS (BS) 19 March 1974

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