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Stenton, Rood Well
Holy Well (16th Century)
Site Name Stenton, Rood Well
Classification Holy Well (16th Century)
Canmore ID 57840
Site Number NT67SW 7
NGR NT 62376 74417
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57840
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Stenton (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67SW 7 62376 74417.
(NT 6237 7441) Rood Well (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The Well of the Holy Rood, which has long been filled up, is enclosed by a small circular building, 3ft 10 ins internal diameter, with a doorway, and a conical stone roof, topped by a probably 14th c. flowered finial which is said to have come from the church (NT67SW 8), to which a paved path leads from the well.
J R Walker 1883
The well is generally as discribed by Walker: although partially filled-in, water can still be seen. The path to the church no longer exists.
Visited by OS (RD) 6 April 1966
Field Visit (10 July 1920)
By the roadside, rather less than 300 yards north-east of Stenton old parish church, is a construction housing the well. On plan the building is circular with an internal diameter of 3 feet 10 inches; the wall is 10 inches thick and has a height of 5 feet 4 inches; the doorway measures 4 feet by 2 feet. The structure is covered with a conical roof of overlapping stone slabs, which is surmounted at the apex by a crocketted finial with a cabled necking.
The well is fully described and illustrated in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. 1882-83 xvii., p. 167.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 10 July 1920.
