Buittle Slot, 'slot Well'
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Buittle Slot, 'slot Well'
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64993
Site Number NX86SW 2
NGR NX 8134 6161
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64993
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Buittle
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX86SW 2 8134 6161.
(NX 8134 6161) Slot Well (NR)
OS 6" map (1946)
The Slot Well was frequented in 1684 by people wishing to cure their sick cattle. As a thank-offering they left behind the bands and shackles used to bind the animals.
RCAHMS 1914
The Slot Well is now buried beneath stones which have fallen from the field dyke, and a mass of tangled under- growth. A steady stream of water, however, issues from the ground 3.0m below the position of the well indicating that the spring is still functioning. It would appear that the Slot Well was a natural spring.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 20 February 1963
No change.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 14 July 1969
