Aberdeen, Castle Street, The Green Fountain
Fountain (18th Century) (1710)
Site Name Aberdeen, Castle Street, The Green Fountain
Classification Fountain (18th Century) (1710)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen, The Green, Drinking Fountain; Castlegate; 'the Mannie'; Well O' Spa
Canmore ID 76173
Site Number NJ90NW 232
NGR NJ 94404 06316
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76173
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 232 94404 06316
(Location cited as NJ 9441 0632). Fountain. Built 1710 by William Lindsay, overseer of Aberdeen's water supply. Taken down in 1841 when the Market Cross (NJ90NW 23) was moved further E. Erected at the Well o' Spa in 1850 and re-erected on the Castlegate in the 1960's or 1970's. (Formerly scheduled: descheduled 1981).
[Newspaper reference cited].
NMRS, MS/712/83.
NMRS REFERENCE
Fountain in the Green.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Aberdeen Public Library, Reference Department:
G. M. Fraser, The Green And Its Story.
Old Landmarks of Aberdeen.
Aberdeen in Bygone Days.
Photographs.
