Brydekirk, St Bryde's Well
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Brydekirk, St Bryde's Well
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 68530
Site Number NY17SE 7
NGR NY 18466 71416
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/68530
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Annan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY17SE 7 1846 7141
(NY 1846 7141) St Bryde's Well (NR)
OS 6" map 1957.
A small spring supposed to have been dedicated to St Bryde prior to the Reformation.
Name Book 1858-1898
St Bryde's Well, known locally, is a copious spring flowing into a stone ring.
Visited by OS (RD) 23 October 1967.
St Bryde's well is situated in woodland at the edge of the escarpment overlooking the River Annan, some 320m NNW of St Bryde's Church (NY17SE 8). It consists of a spring, emanating from the eroded scarp at the foot of a beech tree into a stone basin of probable medieval date.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, PC), 24 August 1993.
